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Quotes About Counsel

I need some-" Cork thought a moment. "I was going to say advice, but the truth is, I need some guidance, Tom." "We all do sometimes. It's not always easy to admit.
~ William Kent Krueger
Faithful are the wounds of a friend." We should not resent it if we are counseled or warned in a godly manner. Rather, we should realize that any person who would do this really has an interest in us. Righteous rebuke should be taken as from the Lord, and we should be grateful for it.
~ William MacDonald
When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.
~ Abu Bakr
The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.
~ J. I. Packer
God talks to His people-to each one of us-through His Word, through the counsel of godly friends, and through the Holy Spirit.
~ Sheila Walsh
Because God that is immutable changes what He willed, He is said to repent, although what changes is a thing and not His counsel.
~ Pope Gregory I
If you need counsel, start with the One who is both Counselor and King - the One who is the source of both wisdom and power.
~ David Jeremiah
I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.
~ Oliver North
Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
~ Demosthenes
. . . if you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice.
~ Laurence J. Peter
No amount of advice change his attitude. He does not listed to good advice. Rather he gets angry.
~ Chanakya
The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice.
~ Arthur Helps
I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.
~ Lewis Carroll
Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Good advice is like a proverb: the meaning depends on the interpretation.
~ Rebecca L. Walkowitz
Fortunately I have never learned to take the good advice I give myself nor the counsel of my fears.
~ Ernest Hemingway
I talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Shun advice at any price - that's what I call good advice.
~ Piet Pieterszoon Hein
Val: Why do you go out there? Sandra: Because dead people give such good advice. Val: What advice do they give? Sandra: Just one word- live!
~ Tennessee Williams
Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.
~ Fulton J. Sheen
When seeking guidance, don't ever listen to the tiny-hearted. Be kind to them, heap them with blessing, cajole them, but do not follow their advice.
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
If I find I need guidance, I'll ask.
~ Diana Gabaldon
From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?]
~ John Harington