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When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation, but to spend his substance for them, his comrades, not to abandon

When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation, but to spend his substance for them, his comrades, not to abandon them, not to prove unworthy of them, then his heart truly has achieved contempt for death, and with that he transcends himself and his actions touch the sublime. That is why the true warrior cannot speak of battle save to his brothers who have been there with him. The truth is too holy, too sacred, for words." -Suicide (Gates of Fire)

Steven Pressfield
Suicide, Brother, Heart
Steven Pressfield (1999). “Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae”, Bantam

A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.

Steven Pressfield
Children, Believe, Heart
"Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way". Book by Steven Pressfield, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 20, 2011.

Put your ass where your heart wants to be.

Steven Pressfield
Heart, Want, Ass
Interview with Ishita Gupta, www.thedominoproject.com.

Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.

Steven Pressfield
Crazy, Stupid, Heart
Steven Pressfield (2014). “Do the Work!: Overcome Resistance and get ouf of your own way”, p.36, Black Irish Books

Nothing fires the warrior’s heart more with courage than to find himself and his comrades at the point of annihilation, at the brink of being routed and overrun, and then to dredge not merely from one’s own bowels or guts but from one’s discipline and training the presence of mind not to panic, not to yield to the possession of despair, but instead to complete those homely acts of order which Dienekes had ever declared the supreme accomplishment of the warrior: to perform the commonplace under far-from-commonplace conditions.

Steven Pressfield
Heart, Warrior, Fire
Steven Pressfield (1999). “Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae”, Bantam

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