A warrior culture trains for adversity. Luxury and ease are the goals advertised to the civilian world. - Steven Pressfield

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.

The clash is epic and internal, between the ego and the Self, and the stakes are our lives.

This aspis was my father's and his father's before him. I have sworn before God to die before another man took this from my hand. He crossed to the ranks of Thespians, to a man, an obscure warrior among them. Into the fellow's grasp he placed the shield.