Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the laboring vessel from the land.
Advice Quotes
Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be […]
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil.
We may give advice, but we can’t inspire conduct.
He who will not answer to the rudder, must answer to the rocks.
Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one’s self.
They first condemn that first advised the ill.
To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
