Contempt For Failure Is Our Cardinal Virtue.

To Feel Ambition And To Act Upon It Is To Embrace The Unique Calling Of Our Souls.

Like A Magnetized Needle Floating On A Surface Of Oil, Resistance Will Unfailingly Point To True North--meaning That Calling Or Action It Most Wants To Stop Us From Doing. We Can Use This. We Can Use It As A Compass. We Can Navigate By Resistance, Letting It Guide Us To That Calling Or Action That We Must Follow Before All Others. Rule Of Thumb: The More Important A Call Or Action Is To Our Soul's Evolution, The More Resistance We Will Feel Toward Pursuing It.

It’s Better To Be In The Arena, Getting Stomped By The Bull, Than To Be Up In The Stands Or Out In The Parking Lot.

When A Novelist Or Screenwriter Is Looking For A Subject, The Element He's Seeking Is Conflict. Conflict Makes Drama. Conflict Produces Great Characters And Memorable Scenes. So War Is A Natural Topic.

The Athlete Knows The Day Will Never Come When He Wakes Up Pain-free. He Has To Play Hurt.