The more resistance you experience, the more important your unmanifested art/project/enterprise is to you - and the more gratification you will fell … - Steven Pressfield

The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.

I could be counted upon to perform the mission they had assigned me, or, if that was unworkable, to improvise and turn my men's exertions upon a secondary undertaking as good as or better than the first.

The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they. — Plutarch Sayings of the Spartans