Advice Quotes
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".
There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - To do nothing at all.Sydney Smith
It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.Anne Tyler, Celestial Navigation, 1974
Advice is like snow - - The softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
You simply *must* stop taking advice from other people.Melissa Timberman
Those who try to give us advice on matters of human rights do nothing but provoke an ironic smile among us. We will not permit anyone to interfere in our affairs.Konstantin Chernenko
Advice to writers Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.Stanislaw Lec
Never give advice in a crowd.Arab Prove
If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.Norman Augustine
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end.Ellen Glasgow
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.Josh Billings
No one wants advice - - Only corroboration.John Steinbeck
The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.Eden Phillpotts
Often sound advice turns out to be totally wrong. Sometimes things turn out in such a way that only a fool would predict. Which is why fools, too, have their place in analysis and debate.Unknown
Their plans were improved with the best advice.J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
When a thing is done, advice comes too late.Romanian Prove
In the choice of a horse and a wife, a man must please himself, ignoring the opinion and advice of friends.George John Whyte - Melville
Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand.Author Unknown
Free advice is worth the price.Robert Half
In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.Solon
I have had enough experience in all my years, and have read enough of the past, to know that advice to grandchildren is usually wasted.Harry S Truman
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
Time gives good advice.Maltese Prove
The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.Oliver Wendell Holmes
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.Alexis Carrel
Advice is least heeded when most needed.American Prove
For advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.J. R. R. Tolkien
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.Marquis de la Grange
Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.English Prove
To ask for advice is in nine cases out of ten to ask for flattery.John Churton Collins
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!
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.Hannah Whitall Smith, 1902
Tis the advisor who suffers from bad advice.Anonymous
Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.Stanislaw J. Lec, "Unkempt Thoughts".
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
Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.Sidney J. Harris
