“Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work.”

“Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance. Therefore the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. That's why we feel so much Resistance. If it meant nothing to us, there'd be no Resistance.”

“To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.”

“It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write.What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.”

“Resistance gets us to plunge into a project with an overambitious and unrealistic timetable for its completion.”

“Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.”

“Resistance's goal is not to would or disable. Resistance aims to kill.”