Instinct Quotes
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Those entrapped by the herd instinct are drowned in the deluges of history. But there are always the few who observe, reason, and take precautions, and thus escape the flood. For these few gold has been the asset of last resort.
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I don't think being monogamous is a natural instinct for human beings, but it doesn't mean I don't believe in monogamy or true love. I believe in finding a soul mate. Monogamy can be hard work for some people. I don't think it applies to everybody, and I don't think a lot of people can do it.
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The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.
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Some plays just come out of me, just on instincts. I'll make a play and wonder, How did I do that?
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There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
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My family especially has always taught me to be myself and not let other people's opinions change me. To always believe my instincts and follow my heart.
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Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.
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So much of parenting is following your instincts, and taking the time to actually know your child.
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So deeply is the gardener's instinct implanted in my soul, I really love the tools with which I work; the iron fork, the spade, the hoe, the rake, the trowel, and the watering pot are pleasant objects in my eyes.
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The herd instinct is the new chic! It's like belonging to a club!
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I prepare to the point where instinct take over.
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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?
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I’ ve always been a fan of the basics. After you have a good solid foundation of Jiu-Jitsu, the rest comes by instinct. You create, invent. The rest is easy. The difficult part is the beginning.
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Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.
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The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature.
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We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.
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There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime.
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People have a need for certainty - and that need for certainty is in every human being, certainty that you can avoid pain, certainty that you can at least be comfortable. It's a survival instinct.
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If you speak up online and your ideas have currency, people are going to show up and want to connect with you. What we need more of are people with the guts and emotional labour to do this. The greatest shortage in today's society is an instinct to produce.
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I was painfully shy when I was younger but at some point you've gotta grow up. I think the genius in the man-boy thing is you tap into a woman's motherly instincts.
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The oldest story around: Instinct, Emotion, and Habit get the better of human beings.
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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules.
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Who's to say what would have happened if I had trusted my instincts and moved to New York like I thought I would.
