542 Quotes by Steven Pressfield

The professional cannot allow the actions of others to define his reality.

Turning pro is like kicking a drug habit or stopping drinking. It’s a decision, a decision to which we must re-commit every day.

It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.

Sharon was a realist. He recognized, as did Ben-Gurion and Dayan, that the Arabs had as legitimate a claim to this land as we did, and that they possessed pride and courage and anger, against which no rejoinder existed except the sword.

We cannot let external criticism, even if it’s true, fortify our internal foe. That foe is strong enough already.

Our very existence makes them abominate us, for it calls their own wives and daughters to aspire to freedom.

When inspiration touches talent, she gives birth to truth and beauty.

Leonidas’s and Dienekes’ quips draw the individual out of his private terror and yoke him to the group.

I, on the other hand, believe that the source of creativity is found on the same plane of reality as Resistance.