A wise man puts aside 10 percent of the money he gets – and 90 percent of the free advice.
Advice Quotes
I passed by a party of men in the night of my ascension to heaven. Their tongues were being cut with scissors. I asked them: ‘Who are you?’ They said: ‘We used to give advice to others for good deeds but we used not to do them. We used to prohibit evil deeds to others, […]
I intended to give you some advice, but now I remember how much is left from last year unused.
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being […]
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
Do not offer advice which has not been seasoned by your own performance.
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
Be Reserved, but not “Sour;” Grave, but not “Formal; – Bold, but not “Rash;” Humble, but not “Servile;” Patient, not “Insensible;” Constant, not -Obstinate;” Chearful, not “Light;” Rather Sweet than “Familiar;” Familiar, than “Intimate; – and Intimate with “very few,” and upon “very good Grounds.
If any whimsical notions are put into you by some enthusiastic counsel, the Court is not to take notice of their crochets.
If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, “I will be bigger than you. You cannot […]
