Motivational Quotes

Advice

Never give advice unless asked.

- German Proverb

Best Quotes about Advice

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

Collins, John Churton

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

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Alger, William R.

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

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Horace

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

Herbert, Jack

No one wants advice, only corroboration.

Steinbeck, John

10.

Good advice is beyond all price.

Proverb

11.

It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.

Anne Tyler

12.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

13.

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

Benjamin, Walter

14.

Don't be a dick!

Wil Wheaton

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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Bacon, Francis

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Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.

Randy Pausch

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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

18.

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

Knebel, Karl Von

19.

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

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

20.

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

21.

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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Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

Billings, Josh

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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

24.

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

Wilde, Oscar

25.

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

26.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

27.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

28.

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

Oscar Wilde

29.

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.

Chapman, George

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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

31.

The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.

Helps, Sir Arthur

32.

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

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley

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Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

Gordon R. Dickson

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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

Bacon, Francis

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

Gore Vidal

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In those days he was wiser than he is now -- he used frequently to take my advice.

Churchill, Winston

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It is bad advice that cannot be changed.

Syrus, Publilius

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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Erica Jong

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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Aesop

40.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Macaulay, J. C.

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When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

Gibran, Kahlil

42.

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

Solon

43.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

Horace

44.

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

Cosby, Bill

45.

A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice

46.

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

47.

Consult. To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.

Bierce, Ambrose

48.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

49.

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

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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.