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Advice Quotes


"Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present."


"Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro."


"I've been homeschooling for eight years and have always received the best advice and encouragement from other homeschoolers, rather than a book or lecture."


"Carrot Top... I gave him advice once and he ran with it. He should thank me."


"I mean, I try to say the right things and give the right advice. But still, I'm only a person."


"Little boats should keep near shore."


"Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching."


"When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd."


"I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it."



"Advice should only be given when it is sought, otherwise our own worthiness gets assessed."


"Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there."


"One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it."


"We may give advice, but not the sense to use it."


"It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give."


"My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things."


"The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice."


"For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch."


"Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise."


"I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions."


"I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice."


"When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy."


"An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice."


"I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television."


"In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice."


"When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him."


"However, I think, first of all, that what's happening in Sierra Leone is going to have the great influence on those governments who will be asked to provide forces to the Congo. Second, of course, the Security Council has no professional military advice organized in any way."
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