Steven Pressfield Quotes

I figured I would always be a candidate for man of the year in the virtue-is-its-own-reward category. What that did was force me to concentrate on the work.

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.

It's not about the money for me.

The money is nice, but I am not in this game for the money.

People have said to me, 'It must be nice to prove so many people wrong,' but I've never really cared about proving anything to anybody else.

Everything turns out to be valuable that one does for one’s self without thought of profit.

You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.

Nice things are done for our own sake, not for the sake of others. The pleasure must reside in the performance, not in the applause. Good deeds are, in a deeper psychological way, a favor to oneself. If this is not grasped, then our whole sense of personal relationships becomes warped.

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

I can live for my music, but I don't need to be recognized everywhere.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.

Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.

Doing beautiful things is its own reward.

I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.

I knew a lot of girls who just wanted to be famous, and if that's your goal, that's awesome; that just wasn't enough for me.

I want to do it because I want to do it.

I have never been motivated by money.

I'm not doing my work for constant success.

I don't have any expectations as an actor, and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I know, in my heart of hearts, I don't do things for money.

I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.