Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.
George S. ClasonRead
Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of being selective in the advice you accept from others.
George S. Clason highlights the abundance of advice available to us and the necessity of discerning which counsel is truly valuable. While many offer their opinions freely, it is vital to critically evaluate the advice received and only embrace that which is truly beneficial and applicable to our lives.
In practice
During a motivational speech about personal growth.
Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist, more than Gauss.
If you take the approach that “good” is not an accident - that everyone and everything that shows up in your life is there for a reason - you’ll begin to see every event (no matter how difficult or challenging) as a chance for enrichment and advancement in your life.
Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.
As women, we are constantly criticising and judging ourselves in terms of our body, how we dress, what profession we take up, how we fare in that. Indian women are gifted with certain body types and features, which is healthy, and we should accept that.
Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded them fool-like and paid, and paid; had I a son I'd hand 'em on and ram 'em home. What fools we be when young. We fancy we be wise, forgetting that the old boys have graduated in the 'varsity of the world, the greatest 'varsity of all, and each day we should learn from they.
Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.
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