counsel Quotes

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

″‘You, our friend, our intelligence, our invisible protector’, said he, ‘accept this commission; you have merited it more than any of us by your wisdom and your counsels...‘”

“Venus, anxious for her son’s affairs, New counsels tries, and new designs prepares.”

“You see now what has happened on account of your not listening to my counsel.”

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

“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.”

“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...”

“Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.”

“He turned to Edwin. “You know, the stuff you just told me makes more sense than all the weird things the counselors and psychologist have told me in school and at the detention center.”