Quotes About Advice

It is far easier for me to teach twenty what were right to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.

Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you.

Mend your speech a little, Lest you may mar your fortunes.

A young man married is a man that's marred.

Cease thy counsel, for thy words fall into my ears as priceless as water into a sieve.

Prince, thou art sad. Get thee a wife, get thee a wife. There is no staff more reverend than one tipped with horn.

The fiend gives the more friendly counsel.

Tutti gli uomini sanno dare consigli e conforto al dolore che non provano.

better a little chiding than a great deal of heart-break.

in modern times most of the mischief ascribed to the military has been wrought with the advice and consent of civil authority. As

Tis my maxim, he's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool.

I remembered something my grandfather had told me. He said, "Never underestimate the cunning of an old river coon. When the nights are dark and the ground is frozen and slick, they can pull some mean tricks on a hound. Sometimes the tricks can be fatal.

This is one reason Eugene was so (frustratingly) reluctant to dispense advice, why he so detested celebrity: he knew these postures of the ego-driven expert were lies and illusions. And this is why Eugene would rather pray with someone than argue theology, why he'd be eager for a call from his neighbor while letting prominent figures go to his answering machine: friendship (with God and one another) is real.

I am not agitated. I am only agitated when someone advises me to reduce my diet.

How much easier it is to join bad companions than to shake them off!

Bertie, he said, I want your advice. Carry on. At least, not your advice, because that wouldn't be much good to anybody. I mean, you're a pretty consummate old [prat], aren't you? Not that I want to hurt your feelings, of course. No, no, I see that. What I wish you to do is put the whole thing to that fellow Jeeves of yours, and see what he suggests.

Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd be surprised how effective it can be.

What advice would I give the average homeowner to protect himself against burglars? Well, the first thing is to keep a light on in the house when you go out. It must be at least a sixty-watt bulb; anything less and the burglar will ransack the house, out of contempt for the wattage.

I met Tati, who advised me to save my money lest I wind up in the old actor's home, where he had just come from visiting a friend.

She said they should view the marriage as a learning experience and, rather than have any regrets, they should focus instead on the alimony

I tease my parents in this account of my life, but each imparted knowledge to me that has served me well over the decades. From my father: When buying a newspaper from a newsstand, never take the top one. From Mom: The label always goes in the back.

Wherever you go, said the Patriarch, I'm convinced you'll come to no good. So remember, when you get into trouble, I absolutely forbid you to say that you are my disciple.