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It's good advice, but I expect it will be hard to follow; good advice is apt to be, I think.
Sep 10, 2025
The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.
When I had all the answers, the questions changed.
Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.
A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.
Fortunately I have never learned to take the good advice I give myself nor the counsel of my fears.
Marriage is going to be that happy state in which we get all of the nurturance and care and love and empathy and even good advice that we didn't receive from our families.
Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom.
Be warned against all 'good' advice because 'good' advice is necessarily 'safe' advice, and though it will undoubtedly follow a sane pattern, it will very likely lead one into total sterility--one of the crushing problems of our time.
Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!
What I'm interested in watching is to make sure that they give the right advice now to the contestants who are going forward because, you know, it's one thing just to criticize but you've got to also give, you know, good advice which is going to help them. Overall, I think they're a good panel.
You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice.
The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.
"Only write what you know" is very good advice. I do my best to stick to it. I wrote about gods and dreams and America because I knew about them. And I wrote about what it's like to wander into Faerie because I knew about that. I wrote about living underneath London because I knew about that too. And I put people into the stories because I knew them: the ones with pumpkins for heads, and the serial killers with eyes for teeth, and the little chocolate people filled with raspberry cream and the rest of them.
[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of new problems to solve. I took his advice very seriously and have been glad ever since that he did.
Advice is a peculiar commodity. Those who have the capacity to give good advice generally have too much sense to waste their time trying to get rid of it.
I've got to be kind of careful because I've had good advice: "Don't sell yourself too short." I have to not be too available to everything that comes along. I've always been a people pleaser and now I'm upping the ante in terms of price so I can be more selective. I really enjoyed working on three tracks on Sara Groves' [parenthood-focused] album Station Wagon. I love playing on those songs and I love the heart in that album.
Advice may not be good advice 10 or 15 years from now. Someone could tell you something years ago and it might not work now. The world is constantly changing. One word could mean something different today. Today you can't give advice to anyone.
My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.'
Actually, on a slightly more serious but kind of parallel level, I remember being on Loveline before both hosts ascended into loftier places in the culture. But I remember being shocked by Dr. Drew. He went into this extended monologue about how anyone with a baby voice is probably the victim of child abuse or has some daddy issue. As an intellectually curious person, all I could think is that there isn't any clinical evidence about that. But to be the guy wearing the doctor's hat on the radio and teaching everybody about this? It just seemed like a parody of good advice.
Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity.
I used to hate Ian Rush when I was young, because I was a devout Evertonian in those days, and he seemed to score every time Liverpool played against us. It's strange to think he used to support Everton too when he was a kid. He was brilliant to me at Anfield always giving me good advice.
No amount of advice change his attitude. He does not listed to good advice. Rather he gets angry.
One man envies the success in life of another, and hates him in secret; nor is he willing to give him good advice when he is consulted, except it be by some wonderful effort of good feeling, and there are, alas, few such men in the world. A real friend, on the other hand, exults in his friend?s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.
There's an old press-agents' slogan that's good advice: Don't read your publicity - weigh it.
I ran for president. I ran for governor twice. And I've been the governor now for nearly seven years. I find that the people who are my best advisors are the people who are smart enough to give me really good advice and smart enough to keep their mouths shut about what advice they give me. And so if I want advisors that way, that's the kind of advisor I'm going to be for Donald Trump.
Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.
I’ve learned the most from Randy Harrison. Because of his fantastic imaginary world filled with bizarre friends. He is constantly giving us good advice.
When I have a daughter I have a lot of good advice for her.
Defend my honor protect my pride the good advice i always hated but looking back it made me greater .. u make me laugh u make me hoarse from yelling at you and getting at u.
Good advice I always hated, but lookin back it made me greater.
If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.
Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.
Live your life so that if someone says 'Be yourself' it's good advice.
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!
If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.
There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.
A never-failing way to get rid of a fellow is to tell him something for his own good.
Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.
Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Keep your eye on your inner world and keep away from ads, idiots and movie stars.
Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.
Remember that the biggest thing you could do today is a small act of kindness.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Accept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.