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Quotes About Advice

But I wish to give you a wise piece of advice. When a friend is enraged with a man his friend, having met him face to face, let him fix his eyes on his friend's eyes, this only ought he to consider, the end for which he is come, but to have no recollection of former grievances.
~ Euripides
Don't pet a burning dog.
~ Evan Wright
Oh, why did nobody warn me? cried Grimes in agony. I should have been told. They should have told me in so many words. They should have warned me about Flossie, not about the fires of hell. I've risked them, and I don't mind risking them again, but they should have told me about marriage. They should have told me that at the end of that gay journey and flower-strewn path were the hideous lights of home and the voices of children.
~ Evelyn Waugh
Always wear a tall hat on Sundays during term. It is by that, more than anything, that a man is judged.' And do you know," continued my father, snuffling deeply, "I always did. Some men did, some didn't. I never saw any difference between them or heard it commented on, but I always wore mine. It only shows what effect judicious advice can have, properly delivered at the right moment.
~ Evelyn Waugh
I do not aspire to advise my sovereign in her choice of servants.
~ Evelyn Waugh
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
~ F Scott Fitzgerald
You probably think you know...The failure and the success both believe in their hearts that they have accurately balanced points of view, the success because he's succeeded, and the failure because he's failed. The successful man tells his son to profit by his father's good fortune, and the failure tells his son to profit by his father's mistakes.
~ F Scott Fitzgerald
Back out,' he suggested after a moment. 'Put her in reverse.' 'But the WHEEL'S off!' He hesitated. 'No harm in trying,' he said.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wylie: If you don't like advice, why do you pay me? Stahr: That's a question of merchandise. I'm a merchant. I want to buy what's in your mind.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
There is no more dangerous gift to posterity than a few cleverly turned platitudes.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
So, let's be clear, as we navigate this pandemic and future crises, people need to listen to the experts. But the experts also need to listen to the people.
~ Fareed Zakaria
people need to listen to the experts. But the experts also need to listen to the people.
~ Fareed Zakaria
For many people, "advice from experts" is part of a larger strategy of domination by the new ruling class—the meritocrats. All advanced countries are now run by a meritocracy. Schools admit applicants based largely on their test scores, and companies hire and promote people based mostly on credentials of one sort or another.
~ Fareed Zakaria
Aprende mucho en el colegio, Txiki. Tú aprende y aprende. No pares. Si no aprendes estás perdido, hazme caso.
~ Fernando Aramburu
To give someone good advice is to show a complete lack of respect for that person's God-given ability to make mistakes
~ Fernando Pessoa
To give someone good advice is to show a complete lack of respect for that person's God given ability to make mistakes
~ Fernando Pessoa
Apenas é compreensível que se peça conselhos aos outros para saber bem, ao agir ao contrário, que somos bem nós, bem em desacordo com a Outragem.
~ Fernando Pessoa
He's a good boy, he takes instruction well; I just can't think of enough things to tell him not to do.
~ Ferrol Sams
Do you have any books the faculty doesn't particularly recommend?
~ Flannery O'Connor
My advice to all parents is beat your children moderately and moderately often; and anything that Wm. Heard Kilpatrick & Jhn. Dewey say do, don't do Ã¢â'¬Â¦
~ Flannery O'Connor
I've learned to really listen to your family and friends. Because they want the best for you. Even if it's not what you want to hear, they're gonna tell you the truth.
~ Snoh Aalegra
I was fat, so I have the right to tell other fat people not only that they should lose weight, but also that they must lose weight because I was fat, and I lost weight, and I saw the difference.
~ Jean Nidetch
I hope to encourage younger Singaporeans not to be so fearful.
~ Tan Cheng Bock