Quotes on Advice

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

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

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

It is better to give than receive- especially advice.

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.

We give nothing so freely as advice.

Never listen to a phone call that isn't meant for you. Never read a letter that isn't meant for you. Never pay attention to a comment that isn't meant for you. Never violate people's privacy. You will save yourself a lot of anguish.

Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense.

Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected.

Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom.

We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him, turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness within.

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.

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

My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: when you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.

When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.

If one takes care of the means, the end will take care of itself.