Steven Pressfield Quotes

I do entertain a lot of negative thoughts and I haven't got any self-belief. But I haven't done bad for someone without any self-belief.

It's our own small voice within that is our oppressor; it says we are not worthy and not powerful enough. Our limited beliefs are the real foes we need to fight and conquer.

Self-doubt is the greatest enemy of any new good habit.

Grow up? Get herself straightened out? Her mind reeled from the verbal battering. No matter what she did, her father would tell her she was wrong. Worthless. Undeserving.

I believe that there's no improvement if you have an inferiority complex and victim mentality.

The bottom line for everyone is I'm not good enough. It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed.

We all have a lifelong habit of inferiority to our full self..."

Self-doubt does more to sabotage individual potential than all external limitations put together.

I see people - they won't be negative toward other people, but inside they're negative toward themselves, and I think that holds us back.

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.

We're our own worst enemy. You doubt yourself more than anybody else ever will. If you can get past that, you can be successful.

The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.

Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.

I'm trying to get out of my own way.

My biggest opponent was 'me.'

I think we all go through those moments of self-doubt.

One of the things that has inspired me so much is knowing that I felt like I could never measure up.

I needed to turn off the negative voice in my head - I was psyching myself out.

Comparison is a brutal assault upon one's self. Once you compare yourself to someone else, what you're really saying is that what you're made of isn't good enough.

Self-rejection is the biggest sin that you can commit.

You're better than this. Better than whatever it is you're going to do now.

It is easier to overcome people's judgments than to overcome our own self-judgment.

Acting as if you were what you want to become and know you can become is the way to remove self-doubt and enter your real-magic kingdom.

The material you work with is that which you will come to resemble. That which you work against will always work against you, including yourself.