Steven Pressfield Quotes
Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.
Quotes to Explore
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
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I am a journalist.
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Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Winning is no longer just the outcome. It's part of the process.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
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If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and everyone plays different.
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We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
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I began to write in an enclosed, self-confident literary culture. The poet's life stood in a burnished light in the Ireland of that time. Poets were still poor, had little sponsored work, and could not depend on a sympathetic reaction to their poetry. But the idea of the poet was honored.
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Cowardice is the greatest sin.
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The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it.
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President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that hold women back at local, state and national levels.
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But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.
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Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.
