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
-
I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
-
Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
-
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.
-
I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
-
One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
-
The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
-
National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
-
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.
-
Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
-
I am a journalist.
-
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.
-
I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
-
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
-
Winning is no longer just the outcome. It's part of the process.
-
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
-
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
-
If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and everyone plays different.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I'm not upset about my career; I'm just upset about how my name has been portrayed. A lot of guys have played with Bron and had success. There's nothing I can do about it. I've tried to change my image a million times.
-
I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.
-
I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart.
-
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.
