Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Intuition tells me how to live my day, intuition tells me when to walk away.

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.

Every major move in my life was done instinctively.

I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut.

Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.

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

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.

There is a universal, intelligent, life force that exists within everyone and everything. It resides within each one of us as a deep wisdom, an inner knowing. We can access this wonderful source of knowledge and wisdom through our intuition, an inner sense that tells us what feels right and true for us at any given moment.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

A man's heart tells him his opportunities better than seven watchmen on a tower.

Wisdom ofttimes consists of knowing what to do next.

You've got to take the road you need to take, and only you can make that calculation. Not your dad, not your friend. You have to take it if you feel it instinctively.

One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.

You have to be really, really confident in your decision to marry somebody. I don't think my parents were stupid, but I do think maybe it was rushed. But if they hadn't gotten married, my sister and I wouldn't be here. I think everything happens for a reason.

So many people have opinions and try to guide you, and everyone has the best intentions, but it makes it harder to cut through the noise and be like 'wow, this is what I really want to do.'

I believe leaving school early was the right decision to make, but at first, I wasn't sure. But my coaches told me to follow my heart and there wouldn't be any regrets, and that's exactly what I did.

The truth is that the right decision often can't be led with either head or heart exclusively.

I'd do anything at the right time, and I would also do things at the wrong time if they felt right.

I think I make most of my decisions pretty organically.

There's a world of difference . . . between that information to which we now presumably have access by way of computers, libraries, and the rest of it, great stockpiles of data, and the knowledge that people have in their bones by which they do good work and live good lives.