“Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.”
Henri Matisse
“As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate.”
Dylan Moran
“Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.”
Ben Hogan
“To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions”
George Santayana
“Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.”
Oprah Winfrey
“If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.”
Katharine Butler Hathaway