Top 100 Your Instinct Quotes
#1. When your safety is in question follow your intuition. It will help you balance along the precipice between vulnerability and adventure.
Gina Greenlee
#2. You have to follow your instinct, and that's what I've tried to do all my life, whether in music or anything.
Erol Alkan
#3. Blame someone else, that's always your first instinct. And if you can't blame someone else, then start claiming the problem isn't a problem anyway. Rewrite the rules, shift the goalposts.
Julian Barnes
#4. It's amazing how sudden the effect is - it must be the result of a deep atavistic mating urge buried inside us. A glance and you think: 'Yes, this is the one, this one is right for me.' Every instinct in your body seems to sing in unison.
William Boyd
#5. Your words don't match your vibe,
& im trusting my gut this time.
Nikki Rowe
#6. Always trust your gut instinct. There will come a time when you will understand, but for now trust God has a plan greater than you have ever imagined.
Shannon L. Alder
#7. Your final goal is to convert your athletic swing to pure instinct rather than conscious thought.
David Leadbetter
#8. Engage your emotions at work. Your instincts and emotions are there to help you.
Richard Branson
#9. Black is a blind remembering, she thought. You listen for pack sounds, for the cries of those who hunted your ancestors in a past so ancient only your most primitive cells remember. The ears see. The nostrils see.
Frank Herbert
#10. False reasons trapped in your old bean. Failure isn't your nemesis, denial of truth is.
Ymatruz
#11. As you consider your next move, practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for "instructions.
Gina Greenlee
#12. Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category.
Glenn Frey
#13. The longer you resist the calling of your soul the harder it is to find your way back. Intuition isn't instilled in us for nothing, it's the movement inside us that we must listen to if we want the void to vanish.
Nikki Rowe
#14. My mum says, 'Go with your first instinct,' but this can lead to impulse buying!
Lindsay Lohan
#15. Some enemies are part and parcel of our lives, we cannot destroy them without risking our own survival
Bangambiki Habyarimana
#16. Trust what feels true even if that truth requires you to ignore what you know.
Gina Greenlee
#17. Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as your finger travels along the map: Yes, here and here ... and here. These are the nerve-ends of the world ...
Colin Thubron
#18. Good guilt is a product of love and responsibility. It is a natural, positive instinct that parents and good child care providers have. If bad guilt is a monster, good guilt is a friendly fairy godmother, yakking away in your head to keep you alert to the needs of your baby.
Jean Marzollo
#19. I have the instincts of a minstrel rather than those of a scrivener. There you have it. We are not of the same trade at all and so how can your rules fit me?
John Steinbeck
#20. Early in my career, I'd plan something out for my characters. But I've learned that if you know who your character is and you go on instinct, it won't be wrong. It's never wrong. It's just different.
Ari Millen
#21. Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.
Andrew Flintoff
#22. Before you look to blame another, look within yourself, for at some point you have not listened to your own instincts.
Leon Brown
#23. Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ... If you have no experience, then your instincts aren't any good.
Malcolm Gladwell
#24. You know that stuff about trusting your first instinct when you make a decision? They never say that to me. Taking meds to get along in school is pretty much a license for people to say, "Everyone follow your instincts, but not you.
Steve Lyman
#25. We all have that inner fear of the dark, no matter how old we get. It's an ingrained instinct to fear the velvety blackness of the night, of things you can't quite see, but know deep down in your bones is there, waiting.
Apryl Baker
#26. Just listen to your instincts. Don't talk to someone or start a relationship out of pity.
Chris Bosh
#28. Hold your venom
Do you recognise the instinct
in me, fellow scorpion?
Kiera Woodhull
#29. I don't think you can question your instinct; you should always trust it.
Andrea Arnold
#30. He reflected on the decay of mankind-the decline of the human race into folly and weakness and rottenness. 'Be a good animal, true to your animal instinct' was his motto.
D.H. Lawrence
#32. By all means listen to other people's advice, but when in doubt go with your gut instinct.
Steve Pavlina
#33. Never give up, trust your instincts!
Falco
#34. Your soul may be trampled in times of troubles. But if your spirit is strong, you will survive.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#35. My advice to aspiring performers is trust your instincts, 9 times out of 10 they are perfect.
Erica Schroeder
#36. For heaven's sake, Darling, keep your crusading instinct [for social justice] under control ... It's uncomfortable to live with especially for those of us who haven't got one.
P.D. James
#37. Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you can use your gut instinct.
Robert Rodriguez
#38. Let your kids pick their punishments. Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around. It's easier, and we're usually right! But it rarely works.
Bruce Feiler
#39. Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that.
Suzanne Collins
#40. Love whom you will but marry your own kind was a dictum amounting to instinct within her.
Harper Lee
#41. Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing what is there ... If you're working correctly, the feeling doesn't wander about.
Christopher Alexander
#42. Let your *need* guide you behavior. *Supress* your instinct to lead ... Pursue Rabbit!
Cheshire Cat
#43. Don't be bitter and mean 'couse you don't fit in, it's a GIFT. Look at you. you've got your individuality, you don't have the herd instinct, you can read Neitzsche and understand it. Only dumb people are happy.
Courtney Love
#44. So much of parenting is following your instincts, and taking the time to actually know your child.
Nia Long
#46. I think your main draws are instinct, intuition and empathy ... those things that you can't really practice.
Scarlett Alice Johnson
#47. In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with your strategy in mind. The worst mistake is to cut across the board. Instead, reconnect and recommit to a clear strategy that will distinguish yourself from others.
Michael Porter
#48. Where do you run for help? When you are in trouble, what is your first instinct? Do you run to others or to God? Is it usually the counsel of another rather than the counsel found in waiting upon God in prayer? Why is this the way it is? Why do we run to man before we run to God?
Kay Arthur
#49. Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.
Karin Slaughter
#50. Intellect can be helpful, but it needs consciousness to be its master; otherwise it can behave in a very stupid way. It can misunderstand things, it can misrepresent things. It needs a master to guide it, to give it a sense of direction. That master is your being.
Osho
#51. So stretch! Reach for it. Like falling down stairs, where your inner-genius takes over and saves you - your instincts are ready to serve you.
Bryant McGill
#52. Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.
Natalie Dormer
#53. Don't be led by the opinions of others. Listen to your sacred voice.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#54. My instinct is on target about Jenny, because she answers the phone with, "Is everything all right?"
"I've been abducted," I say.
"Aliens, I hope," she says. "We can make some money when you sell your story to the media.
Deb Caletti
#55. As an adult (after college) and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian Science. I was using that when I didn't know it. Saying yes to the Light and your better instinct.
Alfre Woodard
#56. You know your gut instincts are spot on about a person when you can also detect a water source in the soil beneath them.
Dane Cook
#58. If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
Katharine Butler Hathaway
#59. When you feel compelled to seek for something
which somehow forgotten, just use your instinct!
Toba Beta
#60. I guess when you're hurt your first instinct's to hurt back.
Harper Lee
#61. When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.
Yann Martel
#62. There are no laws set in stones, follow your basic instincts, they contain the laws that guide you existence.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
#63. If you feel something artistic, you need to get it out of you, do it. You gotta get out and play in front of people. You can't stay in the bedroom, get out sooner rather than later. Use your gut instinct.
Chris Wyse
#66. Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.
Salma Hayek
#67. My instinct is to keep people guessing. I think as an actor your greatest strength is your versatility, I suppose. The blanker the canvas, the easier it is to project the illusion of a character onto it. I think there are many actors who do that very successfully.
Tom Hiddleston
#68. I love TV now, and 'Modern Family,' but what draws me back to theater is that initial instinct of wanting to be a theater actor. I love the challenge of starting a play and not stopping until you finish. I love the immediacy of trusting your instincts.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
#69. So you had to piss me off badly enough activate some primal instinct?" I clenched my jaw, grinding my teeth. "I think all you managed to 'draw out' was fuming rage. I could rip your head off right now."
"Save that for later," he waved his hand dismissively. "You have work to do right now.
M.A. George
#70. The eye of your mind - your intelligence; the eye of your heart - your conscience; and the eye of your soul - your instinct.
Melissa McPhail
#71. If you think what you see on TV is prejudiced, it is. Follow your instincts.
Chris Matthews
#72. When anything is wrong with your child, your first instinct is to make it better.
Didi Conn
#73. Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love.
Helen Fisher
#74. If you're serious about what you're doing, you've got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you won't reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back.
Jonny Lee Miller
#75. Smile with instinct, then lick your wounds in the darkest of dark corners. Trace the scars back to your own fingers and remember them.
Markus Zusak
#76. When you're hitting a fairway wood, you've got a lot of real estate to cover to get to your target. Your first instinct is probably to give it a little more power because you're worried about coming up short.
Ernie Els
#77. He who discovers the light, discovers life.
He who discovers the dark, discovers death,
Neither are wrong and neither are right; your perception is what will guide your path. Our minds are our tools, our hearts our truth and our instinct our guidance, don't let them fool you.
Nikki Rowe
#78. I get a lot more abuse in England. That's just a general English attitude. I did the same thing to famous people. It's just your instinct.
Robert Pattinson
#79. Walk the path your heart beats faster on.
Nikki Rowe
#80. It is very hard to say where you're going until you get there. That kind of thing is based very much on instinct. As a photographer, one of the most important lessons I have learnt is that you have to learn to listen to and trust your own instinct. It has helped to guide me - this far at least.
James Nachtwey
#81. Be patient and endure the times.
Your glorious days shall come to pass.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#82. You can trust your gut instinct. Always.
Ana Ortega
#83. Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
Steven Pressfield
#84. Don't stand unmoving outside the door of a crying baby whose only desire is to touch you. Go to your baby. Go to your baby a million times. Demonstrate that people can be trusted, that the environment can be trusted, that we live in a benign universe.
Peggy O'Mara
#85. I believe in following your instincts with the people that you like and who you like to be with.
Piper Perabo
#86. I love the process of working with people and having things going on, all the time, and just trying to trust your instincts.
Jon M. Chu
#87. It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.
Paul Begala
#88. Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line.
Luke Bryan
#90. Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
Barbara Corcoran
#91. You drank my blood?" Nick
"Aye" Aeron
"Dude, that's gross. I hope you brushed your teeth afterward. Saw a dentist. Drank a gallon of Listerine." Nick
"I told you he wouldn't be angry for it." Nashira
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#92. The hardest thing about being a parent is watching your kids make mistakes. Our instinct is to protect you. But you're right, Deenie. Sometimes we have to step aside and let you make them anyway. The best we can do is be there when you mess up.
Lisi Harrison
#94. When you don't become fixated on winning the prize or appearing successful, and instead pursue your passions, then you will discover the fulfillment that comes from living by instinct.
T.D. Jakes
#95. When I was a student and rushing to finish a project, my gut instinct was usually to keep adding all kinds of features. It's a way of papering over the fact that you haven't quite nailed your concept yet.
Mike Krieger
#96. There's no wrong move on stage. You can do no wrong if you just trust your instincts.
Tim Meadows
#97. Any person by nature has inherent capabilities. You have to trust your instincts and act with spontaneity.
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
#98. I think children need to be nurtured for what they are as opposed to what you want them to be. I think that's when those ideas come into your head of like, What should I feel in this moment? It's because someone told you, "Your instinct was incorrect." And you're like, Why? Why is that wrong?
Tyler Blackburn
#99. Animals understand your love and instinct without any words. Often times, humans understand neither you nor your love.
Debasish Mridha
#100. Your passion doesn't have to be utterly precise. Perhaps, for starters, you just feel an urge to work with kids or organize things, or create a website. Start with an instinct, tease it into different directions
Kate White
