Robert Farrell

“The irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating -- in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around like rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life.”
― Anne Morris

“But till the end, give me the man who takes the best of everything (even at my expense) and then talks of other things, rather than the man who serves me and talks of himself, and whose very kindnesses are a continual reproach, a continual demand for pity, gratitude, and admiration.”
― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

“Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.”
― Flannery O'Connor

“Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work.”
― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art