advice Quotes

“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”

“My mom used to tell me that whatever you do, marry someone who loves you more than you love him.”

“Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense.‘”

“You never oughta drink water when it ain’t runnin’.”

“But I will gladly advise him -- I’ll hide nothing--”

“Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise.”

“He ought to question them upon everything, and listen to their opinions, and afterwards form his own conclusions.”

“A prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice.”

“A prince, therefore, ought always to take counsel.”

“A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.”

“Bills, sadly, are not an ignore-it-and-it-goes-away problem. If you’ve been getting an overdue notice from the cable company every two weeks for the last three months, and all of a sudden it stops coming, that does not mean that they’ve gotten over you and moved on to someone else. Big companies are like the mob - they never forget, they never give up, and they always get their money. Get them before they get you: Pay up, and pay on time.”

“Treat your savings account like just another bill. It has to be paid every month or there are consequences. If you have direct deposit, have a portion of your paycheck automatically diverted into a savings account. Once it’s in there, forget about it. You never saw it anyway. It’s an emergency fund only (and vacations are not emergencies).”

“Most people don’t land their dream job right out of the gate, which means we all have to start somewhere. You’ll appreciate your amazing career so much more when you look back at your not-so-amazing jobs in the past, and hopefully realize that you learned something from all of them.”

“I learned at a young age that people were happy when I asked them about themselves, and I listened and retained the things they told me. I found that by sharing my personal experiences, like through my blog, we’re not alone - that the most shameful, personal, specific things you’re going through are actually universal. You can laugh about it. I want to make a contribution that matters, and I want to be as vulnerable and raw as possible so other people feel less alone. I want to make people happy and make them laugh - even if it’s at my own expense.”

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

“But I hope you will heed this: A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”

“If I, and this book, have anything to prove, it’s that when you believe in yourself, other people will believe in you, too.”

“People don’t buy stock; it gets sold to them. Don’t ever forget that.”

“Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be.”

“Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it.”

“Well let’s just take it one day at a time”

“If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important Rule of Beauty. ‘Who cares?’”

“Again, don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions. Go ‘Over! Under! Through!’ and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”

“My daddy used to tell me not to chew on something that was eatin you.”

“So my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism or ageism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: ‘Is this person in between me and what I want to do?’ If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.”

“This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice. People are going to try to trick you. To make you feel that you are in competition with one another. ‘You’re up for a promotion. If they go for a woman, it’ll be between you and Barbara.’ Don’t be fooled. You’re not in competition with other women. You’re in competition with everyone.”

“You ought to be brave for two reasons- the first is that you are a Gascon, and the second is that you are my son. Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.”

“Fight on all occasions; fight the more for duels being forbidden, since, consequently, there is twice as much courage in fighting.”

“The advice of the woman fell upon his heart.”

“Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.”

“It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.”

“You’ve learned the lessons well. You first learned to live on less than you earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who are competent. Lastly, you’ve learned to make gold work for you.”

“Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.”

“A part of all you earn is yours to keep. It should be not less than a tenth no matter how little you earn. It can be as much more as you can afford.”

“‘There is nothing like love. You should try it.’ Thibault shrugged. ‘Maybe one day.’”

“And let that be a lesson to you, George, never to ask advice on personal matters.”

“You give a lot of great advice about what to do. Do you have any advice of what not to do?”

“You may think some of this seems far-fetched, even impossible. Believe me, I know we all cling to life and its certainties. It’s not easy in these cynical times to cast off the hardness and edge that gets us through our days. But try just a little.”

“There are probably a number of ways to tell your story right, and someone else may be able to tell you whether or not you’ve found one of these ways.”

“You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.”

“Some one may wonder why I go about in private giving advice and busying myself with the concerns of others, but do not venture to come forward in public and advise the state. I will tell you why. You have heard me speak at sundry times and in divers places of an oracle or sign which comes to me, and is the divinity which Meletus ridicules in the indictment. This sign, which is a kind of voice, first began to come to me when I was a child; it always forbids but never commands me to do anything which I am going to do. This is what deters me from being a politician.”

“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

“I’d tell men and women in their midtwenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling.”

“Let everyone else call your idea crazy... just keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where ‘there’ is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop.”

″‘Don’t tell me from genetics. What’ve they got to do with it?’ said Crowley. ‘Look at Satan. Created as an angel, grows up to be the Great Adversary. Hey, if you’re going to go on about genetics, you might as well say the kid will grow up to be an angel. After all, his father was really big in Heaven in the old days. Saying he’ll grow up to be a demon just because his dad became one is like saying a mouse with its tail cut off will give birth to tailless mice. No. Upbringing is everything. Take it from me.‘”

“‘I don’t care how much money you get,’ my dad used to tell me. ‘It’s not worth it if you’re not happy.’ That’s the most valuable piece of advice he ever gave me: Do what you want in life. To this day I’ve tried to follow that philosophy.”

“Thus it is with proud silly people, who think themselves above everyone else, and are too proud to ask or take advice.”

“Being alone is best. I mean, it’s true, isn’t it? In the end you’ll be absolutely alone; therefore, being alone is natural.”

“Momma said we had to fight the evil inside us by overcoming it with goodness.”

“Say yes more”, I’d repeated. Three little words of such power.

“I recommend keeping a diary. Diaries are cool.”

“Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.”

″ Is that it? he said. ‘Say yes more?’ Yep, I said, smiling. That’s it.”

“Seek out positive people who have achieved the success you want to create in your own life. Remember the adage: ‘Never ask advice of someone with whom you wouldn’t want to trade places.‘”

“Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.”

“The only advice for a writer is to read.”

“Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.”

“Men give away nothing as so liberally as their advice.”

“Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price advice can turn out badly.”

“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”

“Truth is you’re not okay, but you will be.

“My counsel to you is to make sure your mirror is set so that you can see the past without allowing it to distract you from the present.”

“I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why. It is altogether against my will that I tell my reasons for opposing this contemplated invasion of the antarctic.”

″‘Ain’t no one gonna tell you what’s in your heart,’ he tells Lev. ‘You gotta find that out for yourself.‘”

“I never married—but, I think, I know That sons should not be educated so”

“In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But, if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good...”

″‘Here it is, Chris, the world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.‘”

“I don’t get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.”

“The straight path must sometimes be crooked.”

“The next day my mother dragged Fudge to Dr. Cone’s office. He told her to leave him alone. That Fudge would eat when he got hungry. I reminded my mother that I’d told her the same thing—and for free. But I guess my mother didn’t believe either one of us because she took Fudge to see three more doctors.”

“You don’t have to chase around after creatures, Pismire had said. You watch them for long enough, and then you’ll find the place to wait and they’ll come to you. There’s nearly always a better way of doing something.”

“You need to accept that you have a mental condition. You can’t heal if you don’t accept it, that’s just the way it is.”

“You had to go with the change. He told me that.”

“If you are not in the arena getting your ass kicked on occasion, I’m not interested in or open to your feedback. There are a million cheap seats in the world today filled with people who will never be brave with their lives but who will spend every ounce of energy they have hurling advice and judgment at those who dare greatly. Their only contributions are criticism, cynicism, and fearmongering. If you’re criticizing from a place where you’re not also putting yourself on the line, I’m not interested in what you have to say.”

“I’m going to give you a very good rule that was given to me a college and I have always been abundantly grateful for it. When you have written something that you think is really good, destroy it. Destroy it.”

“William was right to have chosen Aunt Grace for refuge. Although surprised, she was entirely practical. Her life was in order, her house clean and neat, her advice would be to the point.”

“If I can tell you anything today, it is that you should never, ever believe your eyes. Or your mind, for that matter.”

“Avoid taking advice from someone who gives advice for a living, unless there is a penalty for their advice.”

“Jeff frowned. He wished the Missouri bushwhackers would live by the rule Mr. Lincoln had laid down in his speech at Leavenworth. […] But neither side had heeded Lincoln’s gentle advice.”

“Do you want a little advice? You know I never give it unless I’m asked for it.”

″‘Never grow up,’ she said, ‘always down.‘”

“Don’t spoil her with toys; spoil her with books.”

“Tell her you love her. Girls need the words.”

“Well, since you’ve asked my advice, Marilla,” said Mrs. Lynde amiably—Mrs. Lynde dearly loved to be asked for advice—“I’d just humor her a little at first, that’s what I’d do.”

Nobody knew what cheered her up after a sober fit, but everyone felt how sweet and helpful Beth was, and fell into a way of going to her for comfort or advice in their small affairs.

“Don’t have any secrets, Jo. Tell it to Mother and keep out of trouble, as I should have done,” said Meg warningly.

Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don’t let it spoil you, for it’s wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can’t have the one you want.

I fancy you have no further need of me than to recommend you not to allow your imagination to take too wide a field.

“I have always put you on your guard against new acquaintances. Now you are a man, and are able to give me advice; yet I repeat to you, Albert, be prudent.”

“Yes, and it worries me, and I must let it out! I want to know what I should do. To-day, Edgar Linton has asked me to marry him, and I’ve given him an answer. Now, before I tell you whether it was a consent or denial, you tell me which it ought to have been.”

“I have no scruple of observing to you, how nonsensical some persons are about their place, because all the world knows how easy and indifferent you are about it; but I wish anybody could give Mary a hint that it would be a great deal better if she were not so very tenacious, especially if she would not be always putting herself forward to take place of mamma. Nobody doubts her right to have precedence of mamma, but it would be more becoming in her not to be always insisting on it. It is not that mamma cares about it the least in the world, but I know it is taken notice of by many persons.”

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides;

“So long as you don’t lie in muddy water and get mange, or rub the hard sand into a cut or scratch, and so long as you never go swimming when there is a heavy sea, nothing will hurt you here.”