Quotes about advice

"It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted."

Aeschylus on advice
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"Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties."

Aesop on advice
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"Be smart, be intelligent and be informed."

Alesandra, Tony on advice
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"We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain."

Alger, William R. on advice
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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 on advice
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"To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs."

Aurobindo, Ghose on advice
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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 on advice
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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 on advice
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"The worst men often give the best advice."

Bailey, Philip James on advice
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"Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one."

Ball, Ivern on advice
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"Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom."

Benjamin, Walter on advice
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"Where no counsel is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety. [Proverbs 11:14]"

Bible on advice
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"A fool think he needs no advice, but a wise man listens to others. [Proverbs 12:15]"

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

Bierce, Ambrose on advice   

"Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take."

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

Billings, Josh on advice
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"The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is."

Brooks, Phillips on advice
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"Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether."

Carlyle, Thomas on advice   

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

Chapman, George on advice
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"Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least."

Chesterfield, Lord on advice
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"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 on advice   

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on advice
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"In those days he was wiser than he is now -- he used frequently to take my advice."

Churchill, Winston on advice
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"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on advice
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"To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it."

Collins, John Churton on advice
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"Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor."

Collins, John Churton on advice   

"We ask advice but we mean approbation."

Colton, Charles Caleb on advice   

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

Cosby, Bill on advice
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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 on advice   

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

Franklin, Benjamin on advice
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"They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles."

Franklin, Benjamin on advice
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"When in doubt, don't."

Gellerman, Saul W. on advice
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"When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies."

Gibran, Kahlil on advice
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"When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice."

Grange, Marquis de la on advice
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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 on advice
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"Generally speaking, when a woman offers unsolicited advice or tries to help a man, she has no idea of how critical and unloving she may sound to him."

Gray, John on advice   

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

Hanson, Lord on advice   

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

Helps, Sir Arthur on advice
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"We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice."

Herbert, Jack on advice