Diana Quotes

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life.

I think if there's any difference between me and a traditional CEO, it's that I've been unwilling to change myself or shape my personality around what's expected.

At that stage my heart ruled my head

I'm not a textbook player. I'm a gut player.

The intellect is no longer the chairman of the board - it is an employee. It becomes a tool in the service of the heart.

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her reason

I do things differently, because I don't go by a rule book, because I lead from the heart, not the head, and albeit that's got me into trouble in my work, I understand that.

Personally I prefer to work things out by feel, by instinct.

Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself

Art is magic, not logic. This craze for the logical spirit in irrational shape is part of the present harmful mania for uniformity.

To measure a leader, put a tape around his heart, not his head.

I think, you have to forget about intellect, to a degree. Intuition is very important when you're working with a lens, I believe, for what the lens is doing, too.

you don't always have to hold your head higher than your heart

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.

Sometimes I'll trust my gut more than my head. Logical information might lead me in one direction and my feelings in another. Whereas I would have followed my head ten years ago, now I'm as likely or more likely to go with my gut feeling. It's ironic - you'd think the opposite would be true as you move to the top but it's not.

Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.

Don't think. Believe. Trust your heart, not your brain. Don't think. Feel. Believe.

The Great Man... is colder, harder, less hesitating, and without fear of 'opinion'; he lacks the virtues that accompany respect and 'respectability,' and altogether everything that is the 'virtue of the herd.' If he cannot lead, he goes alone... He knows he is incommunicable: he finds it tasteless to be familiar... When not speaking to himself, he wears a mask. There is a solitude within him that is inaccessible to praise or blame.

And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for life. When you're supposed to do something or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead.

Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

A man leads with his mind while a woman leads with her heart.

The heart has its reasons that the mind knows not?

Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.