Advice Quotes - Page 7

• He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.

  Mark Twain

  Vanity, Giving, Persons

  Mark Twain (1992). “The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories”, p.25, Courier Corporation

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• If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.

  Ichiro Suzuki

  Sports, Slumps, Asks

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• Don't give advice unless you're asked.

  Amy Alcott

  Inspirational, Giving

  Amy Alcott (1993). “Amy Alcott's Guide to Women's Golf”, Plume Books

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• Never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.

  Nelson Algren

  Lying, Dating, Trouble

  "Alastair Cook gives England total control against shambolic India" by Mike Selvey, www.theguardian.com. August 11, 2011.

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• The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Country, Leader, Imf

  "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.

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• Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

  Patricia Ireland

  Mean, Rubber, Doe

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• Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen.

  Shawn Wayans

  Women, Want, Problem

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• Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

  Seneca the Younger

  Christian, Men, Giving

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• The worst men often give the best advice.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Men, Giving

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• "Be yourself" is about the worst advice you can give some people.

  Thomas Lansing Masson

  Funny, Life, Being Yourself

  "American Treasury, 1455-1955". Book by Clifton Fadiman, p. 791, 1955.

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• He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

  Francis Bacon

  Hands, Giving, Example

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• When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

  Saul Bellow

  Funny, Humor, Mathematical

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• To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

  Wilson Mizner

  Wisdom, Giving, Profit

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• I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Giving, Sometimes

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• Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

  Agatha Christie

  Inspirational, Christian, Mother And Daughter

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• There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Wise, Wisdom, Philosophical

  "The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order".

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• Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

  Carolyn Wells

  Blessed, Giving, Giving Advice

  Carolyn Wells (1937). “The Rest of My Life”

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• Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Balance, Needs, Welcome

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

  Joseph Addison

  Literature, Good Advice, Reluctance

  Sir Richard Steele, Alexander Chalmers, Joseph Addison (1806). “The Spectator”, p.208

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• Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.

  Josh Billings

  Funny, Inspiration, Oil

  "Wit and Wisdom of Josh Billings: Choice Bits of Fun and Philosophy of the Great Humorist Carefully Collected and Revised".

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• Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Inspirational, Funny, Death

  "What Happens When the Average Lifespan Hits 100?" by Megan Erickson, bigthink.com.

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• When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

  Al Franken

  Encounters, Comedy, Belief

  Al Franken (2002). “Oh, the Things I Know!”, p.16, Penguin

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• Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Self, Profit, Ability

  "Maximes Et Réflexions Morales".

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