9 Quotes by Pook

You are caught in the vicious cycle. You are hesitant because you are not used for things going your way. And things will never go your way because you remain hesitant. You see what you want, become hesitant, and the door of opportunity closes. It happens again. And again. And again. With each choice towards Inaction, you reject yourself a little bit more.

The greatest risk you can take in life is _not to risk it at all!

By pleasing her whims, I lost track of mine. A servant you’ll be, a friend she’ll see.

Rejection is better than Regret.

Also, failure is the only way to trigger metamorphosis.

This fella knows that a momentary pain is prefarable to consistant suffering.

Look at that picture of the young you! Now look in the mirror. The blazing light in the youth’s eyes, the curiosity, and the wonders he saw at Nature and life, the joy he loved at any occasion! Are they still part of you? Look into the mirror. Is the same light in your eyes?

The childhood example applies becaues no child intellectualizes life. It was only years and years later that I decided I was ‘smart’ and so read and read and got filled with a lot of BS that life slipped past me. Most.

Most people will never start a business because nine out of ten companies fail. But those that win, in the end, even if they fail at first keep trying because they are motivated by the pleasure of getting the business, not by minimizing pain and insecurity. And many guys will never get a girl they want because they realize they will fail more often then they succeed. But those that win in the end do so by focusing on the pleasures of success rather than the pain of failure.