Advice Quotes

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness.

Live your life so that if someone says 'Be yourself' it's good advice.

There are many different kinds of power. True power comes from serving and helping others. Such behavior makes people respect you. They are willing to listen to your views and advice, and they support you. The energy of many people is thus channeled through one person. This kind of power is positive and authentic.

In the choice of a horse and a wife a man must please himself ignoring the opinion and advice of friends.

It is better to give than receive- especially advice.

You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday.

I hope I can help guys coming out of high school, if they need advice. I know the ins and outs of everything.

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

Keep conscience clear, then never fear.

There are so many distractions you can face as a woman, either with relationships or worrying about, Should I go to this party? or, Should I be doing this to help me get ahead? All [success] is, is doing your work and staying focused. It's boring advice, but boring good advice is what you can get from me!

But for fatherhood advice, try to look your child in the eye.... Get to know their name; that becomes important when you want something. And remember to feed them. That's about all you need.

Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

For two thousand years Christianity has been telling us: life is death, death is life; it is high time to consult the dictionary.

Family . . . the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.

I am not sure how many "sins" I would recognize in the world. Some would surely be defused by changed circumstances. But I can imagine none that is more irredeemably sinful than the betrayal, the exploitation, of the young by those who should care for them.

I have been reading the Old Testament, a most bloodthirsty and perilous book for the young. Jehovah is beyond doubt the worst character in fiction.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

We give nothing so freely as advice.

Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense.

When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.

Never listen to a phone call that isn't meant for you. Never read a letter that isn't meant for you. Never pay attention to a comment that isn't meant for you. Never violate people's privacy. You will save yourself a lot of anguish.

Where's the man who counsel can bestow, still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know.

Three may keep counsel, if two be away.

If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.

Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice.

Friendly counsel cuts off many foes.

We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him, turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness within.

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.

I think the 'Just say no' mentality is so crazed. I saw a thing in a women's magazine the other day. 'He smokes cannabis, what am I to do? He laughs it off when I try to tell him, he says it's not really harmful...' Of course you're half hoping the advice will be, 'Well, you know it's not that harmful; if you love him, if you talk to him about it, tell him maybe he should keep it in the garden shed or something,' you know, a reasonable point of view. But of course it was, 'No, no, all drugs are bad. Librium's good, Valium's good. But cannabis, ooooh!' I hate that unreasoned attitude.

The worst advice in golf is, 'Keep your head down.'

IN MY NERVOUSNESS FOR THIS SPEECH AND MY MOMENTS OF DOUBT, I'VE TOLD MYSELF FIRMLY, 'IF NOT ME, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?'

They keep telling me don't save you. If I ignore all that advice and something isn't right then who will I complain to?

Guess you lose some & win some, long as the outcome is income.

Don't ask permission, just ask forgiveness.

I'm urgin all daughters to kiss their mothers with those lips that all that lipstick covers. You never too grown up to miss and hug her.

Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.

If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.

The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.

No engineer can go upon a new work and not find something peculiar, that will demand his careful reflection, and the deliberate consideration of any advice that he may receive; and nothing so fully reveals his incapacity as a pretentious assumption of knowledge, claiming to understand everything.

Never take advice from someone you wouldn't trade places with.

My advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like - just don't swallow it.

Don't listen to anyone's advice. Listen to your baby ... There are so many books, doctors, and well-meaning friends and family. We like to say, 'You don't need a book. Your baby is a book. Just pick it up and read it.'

Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.