Daniel Howell > Quotes

“My only regrets are the moments when i doubted myself and took the safe route. Life is too short to waste time being unhappy.”
― Dan Howell

“Don't trust people who tell you other people's secrets.”
― Dan Howell

“I'm the living embodiment of 'it could be worse'.”
― Dan Howell

“You are a human with one life and its up to you to make it the best life you can.”
― Dan Howell

“Embrace the void and have the courage to exist.”
― Dan Howell

“You know, people ask me. They say 'Dan, three years later do you really want to be drawing cat whiskers on your face?' but they don't understand. The cat whiskers, they come from within.”
― Dan Howell

“I'm about as intimidating as a butterfly.”
― Dan Howell

“Holy mother of rectangles.”
― Dan Howell

“Unless you have great parents or some inspirational teacher from a movie that pushes you to follow your dreams, you can't expect a kid to be smart enough to realize they can do what they want with their life before they've been pushed through the school system into having an average life.”
― Dan Howell

“To me, the meaning of a human life is to be happy. It's to achieve happiness right now, it's to make sure you're happy in the future.

And if some people on YouTube try to have a message to give people, I guess that mine is: do whatever you have to do to be happy.”
― Dan Howell

“It's so important to know you should be happy and proud of who you are.”
― Dan Howell

“These days, in the world of apps and social media and … idiot friends, it is literally impossible to avoid spoilers.

If a character dies, it is gonna be the number one trending topic on Twitter, it is gonna be the top trending story on Facebook — and Reddit and Tumblr just turn into a completely uncensored memorial service of memes.

This happens all the time with sports results, but — I shit you not — I once got a notification from the BBC News app saying that a character in a show I was watching had just died! I thought that news notifications are supposed to be for impending natural disasters, not for just ruining my bloody afternoon.”
― Dan Howell

“That’s why I’m here, I’m here for two reasons. To entertain you with stories of my life so , you know, you can find them entertaining. But then maybe compare them to your own lives and not feel so alone with the issues that you go with, go through. And think, “Wow, I’m scared of going to my first day of work, but there is a guy called Dan who actually sold an axe to a child”. And the other half of it is me kind of like articulating my own profound observations on the universe, which is really just an excuse to give myself a therapy. Apparently other people enjoy watching it too wow”
― Dan Howell

“wtf even is my sexuality”
― Dan Howell

“I'm holding you back from achieving things in your life by forcing you to sit here and watch this.”
― Dan Howell

“I wonder how biology can explain the physical pain you feel in your chest when all you want to do is be with someone.”
― Dan Howell

“Actually believe in your potential. You spend all day and all night daydreaming and sometimes talking to yourself... out loud, which people can see by the way so maybe consider stopping that, about all the things you wish you could be and do, but instead you doubt yourself and say its impossible, and instead of following your unrealistic dreams, you should accept that you're an average person that will never get lucky and should just do what the world seems to have laid out for you like.. study law at University.
That's not gonna go down well, just trust me there. You are a horrific procrastinator and one day you will just mature enough to look past what you have been told about the world, and decide to take it into your own hands, and that will finally make you happy.”
― Dan Howell

“The only ugly girls are the ones that don't know beauty comes from within.”
― Dan Howell

“wtf even is your sexuality”
― Dan Howell

“Turns out my life is just a long series of events where I have made myself look stupid.”
― Dan Howell

“This was the most fun I've ever had”
― Dan Howell

“You are never alone. You are in control of your mental health and you
can make a change. No matter how dark it may get, if I can do it, so
can you. You will get through this night”
― Daniel Howell, You Will Get Through This Night

“Just remember that you can't help others before helping yourself first. Like an oxygen mask on a plane, you won't be good for much if you're running out of air as you prioritise everyone's needs over your own.”
― Daniel Howell, You Will Get Through This Night

“When you learn to separate yourself from thoughts as they come into your head, they have less power. You realise instead of them being all-encompassing terrors that you need to give all your mental energy to, they are really just an idea your brain decided you should consider. Therefore you can just not consider it, and your mind can be at peace.”
― Daniel Howell, You Will Get Through This Night

“Humans are just really complicated plants”
― Daniel Howell, You Will Get Through This Night

“have the courage to exist.”
― Dan Howell

“Sometimes when you intensely dislike a person due to something, you just have to take comfort in the fact that, one day, they will be dead.”
― Dan Howell

“Don't settle on mental health problems being a part of who you are—they are challenges that you can overcome.”
― Daniel Howell, You Will Get Through This Night

“Basically I'm gay.”
― Dan Howell

“Are you living your truth?”
― Dan Howell