Advice Quotes

Anonymous - tis the advisor who suffers from bad advice....
Joseph addison - a woman seldom asks advice before she has bought...
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
English Prove
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
Anonymous
The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.
Pierre Charron
If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
Norman Augustine
Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.
Sidney J. Harris
George john whyte - melville - in the choice of a horse and a wife, a man must...
To ask for advice is in nine cases out of ten to ask for flattery.
John Churton Collins
For advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
J. R. R. Tolkien
The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.
Pierre Charron
One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.
William Shatner as Kirk, in "Dagger of the Mind".
Advice is like snow - - The softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I give myself, sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Mary Montagu
You can overcome any obstacles by asking the right questions of the right people at the right time, then act on that advice with passion.
Dan Surface, The One Business Book You Absolutely Must Own!
Advice is like snow the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
No one wants advice - - Only corroboration.
John Steinbeck
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
Harry S Truman
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
Marquis de la Grange
Advice to writers Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.
Stanislaw Lec
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
John Churton Collins
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
Josh Billings
Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Letters, 1952
In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.
Solon
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Anonymous
It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
Samuel Smiles
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise.
J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Time gives good advice.
Maltese Prove
Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.
English Prove
My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.
Frank Zappa
When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
Al Franken, "Oh, the Things I Know", 2002
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
Cicero
Ask advice only of your equals.
Danish Prove
Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.
Author Unknown
Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
Robert Lynd
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so.
William Carleton
If you wish good advice, consult an old man.
Romanian Prove
If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this enjoy it but never quite believe it.
Robert Montgomery