Motivational Quotes

Advice

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well.

- Proverb, Spanish

Best Quotes about Advice

It seems that bad advice that's fun will always be better known than than good advice that's dull-no matter how useless that fun advice is.

Scott Berkun

To advise is not to compel.

Proverb, German

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

Chesterfield, Lord

Number one: Don't frisk me. Don't hurt me physically. Don't get anywhere near my neck. And don't call me Regis. [Advice to his guests]

Letterman, David

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Herbert, Jack

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

To advise is easier than to help.

Proverb, German

Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one.

Ball, Ivern

A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice

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One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.

Cosby, Bill

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The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.

Oscar Wilde

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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

Fowler, Gene

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We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

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Good advice is beyond all price.

Proverb

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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.

Gray, John

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Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.

Algren, Nelson

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I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley

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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Always be nice to bankers.Always be nice to pension fund managers.Always be nice to the media.In that order.

Hanson, Lord

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He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.

Knebel, Karl Von

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In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.

Solon

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Give help rather than advice.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

25.

If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.

Talmud, The

26.

Never give advice unless asked.

German Proverb

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Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

Spanish Proverb

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Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Franklin, Benjamin

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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.

Johnson, Samuel

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Anybody who ask for advice nowadays just hasn't been listening.

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Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.

Sidney J. Harris

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Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.

Masson, Thomas L.

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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Syrus, Publilius

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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.

Lope de Vega

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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Aesop

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Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

Knegge

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We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Alger, William R.

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Never give advice in a crowd.

Proverb, Arabian

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People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.

Brendan Francis

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I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

Thoreau, Henry David

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To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

Collins, John Churton

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There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

Gore Vidal

43.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

Horace

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Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

I Ching

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There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

Dahlberg, Edward

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The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

Wilde, Oscar

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If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.

Proverb, Chinese

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Don't be a dick!