Instinct Quotes

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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If… — Jean Cocteau
Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out. — E. Michael Burke
The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still… — Eddie Reese
Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is… — Philip Kapleau
Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it. — Yogi Berra
I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way. — Lionel Messi
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… — Kay Arthur
It is true, says Liebeg, that thousands have lived without a knowledge of tea and coffee; and daily experience teaches us that, under certain circumstances,… — Isabella Beeton
Achieving vulnerability-based trust (where team members have overcome their need for invulnerability) is difficult because in the course of career advancement and education, most successful… — Patrick Lencioni
Man is an animal with primary instincts of survival. Consequently his ingenuity has developed first and his soul afterwards. The progress of science is far… — Charlie Chaplin
Golf is a difficult game, but it's a little easier if you trust your instincts. It's too hard a game to try to play like… — Nancy Lopez
My instinct was to win, eliminate anyone who is in competition, destroy my enemy, and move on without any kind of hesitation at all. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
There is generally not any conscious thought; it's all instinct, and practice takes over. — Cindy Nelson
You got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forget about basketball and go into social psychology or something. If you… — Bill Russell
One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can keep winning because… — Jesse Owens
Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Babies are born with the instinct to speak, the way spiders are born with the instinct to spin webs. You don't need to train babies… — Steven Pinker
I am beginning with the young. We older ones are used up. Yes, we are old already. We are rotten to the marrow. We have… — Adolf Hitler
Trust your instincts, and take control. — John Houston

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