Quotes about Instincts

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds.

When there's no turning back, your instincts will lead you forward.

Destiny is the push of our instincts to the pull of our purpose. That push-pull is what keeps the sun, moon, and stars from crashing. It causes the seasons to change from planting to growing to harvest to dormancy. If that divine push-pull, known as gravity, accurately sets the galaxies and the seasons in motion, will the same principle—the push of instinct and the pull of purpose—not set your life in the right motion?

Both of my marriages have taught me the same lesson twice over really harsh: listen to your instincts. Don't be a people pleaser.

There are instincts which respond to all the chance meetings in life. The little girl was not afraid.

American culture is probably the least Christian culture that we've ever had because it is so materialistic and it's so full of lies. The whole advertising world is just, it's just intertwined with lies, appealing to the worst of the instincts we have.

The ability to listen first requires restraint, respect, and reverence. And the ability to make yourself understood requires courage and consideration. On the continuum, you go from fight and flight instincts to mature two-way communication where courage is balanced with consideration.

I brought all the instincts of a writer with me into the monastery.

Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.

our deepest instincts run counter to it. Evolution has programmed us to feel rejection in our guts. This is how the tribe enforced obedience, by wielding the threat of expulsion. Fear of rejection isn't just psychological; it's biological. It's in our cells.

The same instincts that make us good students can make us lousy entrepreneurs.

I have learnt not to ignore instincts. While making a film, when your gut feels that you are going wrong, please take that seriously.