Kelley Armstrong Quotes

I've walked away from more climbs than I can count, just because I sensed that things were not quite right.

Experience taught me to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper.

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.

Everything I do is just really my intuition, and every time I go against my intuition, it's a mistake. Even though I may sit down and analyze and intellectualize something on paper, if I go against my gut feeling, it's wrong.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

There's still the part of me that wants to leap at every opportunity, but now there's the other side that says, 'Let's just wait a minute and see what happens.' That's intuition, and it comes with age and experience.

Is instinct in the head or in the heart? Off the field, I follow my good instincts which steer me in the right direction. Sometimes on the field my head leads me astray. That's what I believe.

I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.

There's two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.

If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or to put it another way: You're at risk, and the people with you are at risk. I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

The best thing I ever did was when I was offered a million dollars to go play in South Africa and didn't take it. I was 21 years old, and part of it was like, 'Well, if they're offering me this obscene amount of money just to play one match, there must be something really wrong.'

One should be alert and know how to defend oneself in case something untoward happens.

I always try to be safe; even when something looks dangerous, it actually isn't to me.

My gut has never let me down.

My gut and intuition told me it wasn't time to do this.

Listening to the inner voice - trusting the inner voice - is one of the most important lessons of leadership.

There's a little thing on your shoulder called intuition and it whispers in your ear. Everyone has that, there is a voice telling you to do something. Most people ignore it - but you must listen to it. I do it every day, all day.

Fear is your friend. It is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do, more often than not it shows you what you should do.

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

If your skin is crawling, pay attention. If something doesn’t feel right, pay attention. If the hairs on the back of your neck prickle, if your gut clenches up, if a wave of wrongness washes over you, if your heart starts beating faster, pay, pay, pay attention. Do not second-guess yourself or rationalize anything that impedes your safety. Our instincts are the animal inside of our humanness, warning us of danger.

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct. Instinct is a lifesaver for sharks and entrepreneurs alike. Most people can recall times they ignored their gut only to regret it later. Learning to actually listen to your instinct is a great form of self-preservation. It's both incredibly easy and tough at the same time, but worth the effort to master.

Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?

If a little voice in your head is telling you something is up, maybe you should listen.

The wanting of advice is the sign that the Spirit in you has not yet spoken with the compelling voice that you ought to obey.

There are times in all of our lives when a reliance on gut or intuition just seems more appropriate - when a particular course of action just feels right.