J. Allen Hood > Quotes

“It doesn’t matter where you find yourself, self-pity does nothing. It doesn’t make things better. It doesn’t make you rich, get you a girlfriend or resurrect your dog.”
― J. Allen Hood, Conduct Becoming A Man: Handbook On How to Behave and Why

“And unless you want to weaken them, don’t carry the people you care about.”
― J. Allen Hood, Conduct Becoming A Man: Handbook On How to Behave and Why

“It’s called temptation and not opportunity for a reason.”
― J. Allen Hood, Conduct Becoming A Man: Handbook On How to Behave and Why

“Half of us are born male, yet no one is born a man. It takes effort and determination. You don’t luck into it, you can’t buy it and it doesn’t matter who your dad is. You decide to conduct yourself a certain way. You take the hard right over the easy wrong. You earn it.”
― J. Allen Hood, Conduct Becoming A Man: Handbook On How to Behave and Why

“All that aside, assigning blame won’t improve your results anyway. It only feeds your internal sympathy engine. You’ll continue to do poorly, but probably at a faster pace.”
― J. Allen Hood, Conduct Becoming A Man: Handbook On How to Behave and Why