Daniel Keyes Quotes

In life we often look to others for simple, but difficult answers, despite the fact that we have those answers ourselves.

You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

You always knows what's best for you.

Because the truth is, nobody knows what's best for you better than you do. You have to really sit still and ask yourself: What do I want? Does this feel right? What should I do? I realized I had to go back and do what I had always done. Listening to my gut was just as important as listening to the advice of others, and only I knew what was best for me.

What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

To leave in search of yourself, of your real needs, is easier when you don't have to justify yourself to anyone, when there are not too many people bestowing you their attention.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.

I think it's important to talk to your inner thing. The purpose is to go over the decisions that will affect my life and others. I pray that I don't make my decisions based on ego.

If you have a trust in and an expectation of your own solitude, everything that you need to know will be revealed to you.

Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment.

There are many people I admire and seek advice from, but for the most part, I just follow my gut instead of trying to mimic someone else's leadership style.

I know what's best for me, and I want to do things my way. So, now I listen to my inner voice and my heart - and that's how I make my decisions.

I've realised that I actually like being by myself.

Don't follow in my footsteps; follow your heart.

My parents have always taught me to be myself and to follow my instincts.

I used to just let people tell me what to do. I didn't really have a mind of my own, and I couldn't really say yes or no to things because I didn't really know what I wanted, but now I feel really confident in the fact that I can really be distinctive on what I want and how I want to do things.