Steven Pressfield Quotes about Ambition

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When we make our art a practice, when we make our workspace sacred and enter it daily with respect and high intention, then we elevate our actions (even if they're taking place within the profane arena of commerce)

When we make our art a practice, when we make our workspace sacred and enter it daily with respect and high intention, then we elevate our actions (even if they're taking place within the profane arena of commerce) beyond ego and above gimme-gimme ambition.

Steven Pressfield

Art, Ambition, Practice

Ambition, I have come to believe, is the most primal and sacred and fundament of our being. To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to turn our backs on ourselves and on the reason for our existence.

Steven Pressfield

Believe, Ambition, Unique

Steven Pressfield (2012). “Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work”, p.9, Black Irish Entertainment LLC