Trusting Instincts Quotes

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

The game can come down to one pitch. But when you're actually out there on the mound and when you're pitching, you can't be worrying about the margin of error or whatnot. You have to go with your strengths and what you believe is the right pitch and keep executing pitches.

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.

It's kind of amazing; I don't know anything. It's an interesting way to work where you're living in the moment and making decisions for your character in the moment. You have to go with your gut on everything - try not to over-think things. That tends to make me doubt what I did, but then that's always the case. I'm a worrier. I have to accept that and just be a worrier.

Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it's probably right.

For me, I've just got to go out there, not overthink things, just play within myself and just allow the game to come me.

You have to believe in something, and you have to believe in the things that you feel and find value in those things, and not be swayed all the time. Maybe you're gonna get swayed 90% of the time, to keep those things submerged, but you can't distrust yourself 100% of the time.

The very first big photo shoot I ever did was with Bruce Weber. I couldn't believe this guy was taking my picture, so when he told me to get in the bathtub, I just did. It's only now, looking back, that I realise, you don't have to do everything people tell you.

In order to trust your body as a guide, the first step is to begin to understand it.

I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to lead me, but I follow it.

Yet in all those cases I finally steeled myself to seize the opportunity, and find a way to muddle through and eventually conclude that I had, in fact, chosen the right path, as risky as it seemed at the time.

I've told people who have just started to make a film that the one thing you might experience is this feeling that everybody is conspiring against you, because you're not necessarily able to tell what's real and what's not.

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

Sometimes you just got to settle back and relax and be like, 'All right, Saquon, chill. You know what you're doing. Just do the little stuff.' The little stuff will get you there.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

In a recent issue of Parade Magazine when asked for "Advice for a Younger You," Glenn Close responded: "I'd tell myself to listen to my heart. Listen to that little voice that says, 'Mmm, I don't think so.' Because when you override that, you basically override who you are.

The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut.

I used to be more involved with every aspect of everything onstage. I'm way more relaxed now. It feels like anything can happen.

Be aware of your inner voice and follow it, even though most of the time it will tell you the most uncomfortable path to choose.

I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records.

The best things happen when you're not overthinking it.

I feel, as an actor, one must not have inhibitions.

So, just make the right reads and the ball will always come back around to you. Taking the right shots and not forcing anything. Just let the game slow down and play free.

Some people thought that I was crazy for declining a lot of offers while I was filming 'SKTKS,' but I have waited patiently because I knew I had a winning hand.

I followed my instincts; I followed my intuition, and it paid off.