What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
Steven PressfieldThe critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
Steven PressfieldIt may be that the human race is not ready for freedom. The air of liberty may be too rarefied for us to breathe... The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
Steven Pressfield