Advice Quotes - Page 30

• We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice.

  William Penn

  Endure

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.25, Courier Corporation

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• Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Giving, Sick, Feelings

  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Paul Victor Cohn (1910). “Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits”

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• Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Men, Needs

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.12, Courier Corporation

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• Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Feelings, Might, Changed

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• Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Littles, Fool, Values

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• If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Morning, Together, May

  Thomas a Kempis (1913). “The Imitation of Christ”

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• Three may keep counsel, if two be away.

  John Heywood

  Two, Three, May

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.447

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• Where's the man who counsel can bestow, still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know.

  Alexander Pope

  Men, Proud, He Man

  Alexander Pope (2012). “Essay on Man and Other Poems”, p.20, Courier Corporation

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• Never listen to a phone call that isn't meant for you. Never read a letter that isn't meant for you. Never pay attention to a comment that isn't meant for you. Never violate people's privacy. You will save yourself a lot of anguish.

  Edward Kennedy

  Phones, People, Attention

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• When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.

  Edith Hamilton

  Strong, Men, Age

  Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub

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• Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense.

  Sigmund Freud

  People, Reason, Behavior

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• We give nothing so freely as advice.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Giving

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• Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

  Samuel Johnson

  Debt, Calamity, Inconvenience

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.110

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• The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

  Clarence Day

  Life, Real, Fall

  1921 The Crow's Nest,'In His Baby Blue Ship'.

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• I have been reading the Old Testament, a most bloodthirsty and perilous book for the young. Jehovah is beyond doubt the worst character in fiction.

  Edwin Arlington Robinson

  Wisdom, Book, Reading

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• I am not sure how many "sins" I would recognize in the world. Some would surely be defused by changed circumstances. But I can imagine none that is more irredeemably sinful than the betrayal, the exploitation, of the young by those who should care for them.

  Elizabeth Janeway

  Wisdom, Betrayal, World

  Elizabeth Janeway (1982). “Cross sections from a decade of change”, William Morrow & Co

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• Family . . . the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.

  August Strindberg

  Family, Wisdom, Children

  1886 The Son of a Servant.

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• For two thousand years Christianity has been telling us: life is death, death is life; it is high time to consult the dictionary.

  Remy de Gourmont

  Wisdom, Years, Two

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• Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

  George Santayana

  Change, Wisdom, Memories

  The Life of Reason vol. 1, ch. 12 (1905)

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• Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Sister, Hope, Women

  1888 Plain Tales from the Hills,'False Dawn'.

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• But for fatherhood advice, try to look your child in the eye.... Get to know their name; that becomes important when you want something. And remember to feed them. That's about all you need.

  Will Ferrell

  Children, Dad, Eye

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• There are so many distractions you can face as a woman, either with relationships or worrying about, Should I go to this party? or, Should I be doing this to help me get ahead? All [success] is, is doing your work and staying focused. It's boring advice, but boring good advice is what you can get from me!

  Mindy Kaling

  Inspirational, Party, Worry

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• Keep conscience clear, then never fear.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Military, Never Fear, Clear

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.173, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Men, Nba

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• I hope I can help guys coming out of high school, if they need advice. I know the ins and outs of everything.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, School, Guy

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