Quotes About Counsel

Take counsel with Nature: she will say that she made both day and night for you.

Love points the way. Desire is its ignorant advisor.

The man should stay away, as much as possible, from the person who asked or advised him to get married as it often helps him to get rid of other troubles and struggles in life

Never give advice in a crowd.

Concerning things which exist or will exist inevitably, or which cannot possibly exist or take place, no counsel can be given.

Cicero believed three things about older age. First, that it should be dedicated to service, not goofing off. Second, our greatest gift later in life is wisdom, in which learning and thought create a worldview that can enrich others. Third, our natural ability at this point is counsel: mentoring, advising, and teaching others, in a way that does not amass worldly rewards of money, power, or prestige.

believed three things about older age. First, that it should be dedicated to service, not goofing off. Second, our greatest gift later in life is wisdom, in which learning and thought create a worldview that can enrich others. Third, our natural ability at this point is counsel: mentoring, advising, and teaching others, in a way that does not amass worldly rewards of money, power, or prestige.

he found himself dispensing wisdom more than knowledge—advice about life and leadership.

Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.

General consultant to mankind.

I don't believe in giving advice.

I feel very ill-equipped to be giving anyone advice about their life.

I've had lots of good advice.

Worst advice? I either don't remember it or I've been very lucky in terms of getting good advice.

But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!

Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.

When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in the right-wing echo chamber, Hillary reached out to us. Her counsel during that tumultuous period was as timely as it was wise.

'You better do a lot of praying' is good counsel for all of the Lord's servants, new or seasoned. It is what His wise servants do. They pray. The disciples of Jesus Christ when He lived on the earth noticed that about Him.

In Princess Margaret I found a fine friend who could steady my restless nature and offer wise counsel.

He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.

Our Constitution requires that the accused be presumed innocent before trial, thus granting all citizens the right to a bail hearing, where the accused has the opportunity to be represented by counsel, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.