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| Advice Quotes and Sayings |
Don't give your advice before you are called upon.
Desiderius Erasmus
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
Tom Stoppard
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Erica Jong
The worst men often give the best advice.
Francis Bacon
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
Benjamin Franklin
How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Anne Frank
Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
Khalil Gibran
Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
Erma Bombeck
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
Saul Bellow
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
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.
Ann Landers
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
Agatha Christie
No enemy is worse than bad advice.
Sophocles
Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.
Phyllis Diller
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.
Aeschylus
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.
Henry Ward Beecher
It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.
David Hockney
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
Plautus
I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
Jack Nicholson
When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.
Abu Bakr
He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.
Abu Bakr
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Baltasar Gracian
Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
Zac Efron
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.
James Callaghan
Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.
Josh Billings
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
Joseph Addison
In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.
Winston Churchill
We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
