Advice Quotes - Page 11

• He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.

  Karl Ludwig von Knebel

  Christian, Giving, Sometimes

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  Keep your head up in failure and your head down in success.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Success, Failure, Not Giving Up

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 24, 2014.

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• Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious; but, for the same reason, every one is eager to instruct his neighbors.

  Samuel Johnson

  Grateful, Giving, Appearance

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1857). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.139

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• Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice, that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without any very accurate inquiry whether it is right.

  Samuel Johnson

  Vanity, Inquiry, Motive

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1834). “Murphy's essay. The rambler. The adventurer. The idler. Rasselas. Tales of the imagination. Letters. Irene. Miscellaneous poems”, p.139

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• 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.

  Lisa Whelchel

  Encouragement, Book, Eight

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the height of the superior standing he unites with.

  Edmund Burke

  Understanding, Levels, Height

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  Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

  Philip K. Dick

  Depression, Good Night, Insomnia

  Philip K. Dick (1990). “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: The minority report”

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• Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

  Albert Camus

  Inspirational, Life, Waiting

  La Chute (The Fall) (1956)

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• To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice.

  C. S. Lewis

  Mean, Trying, Would Be

  C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.127, HarperCollins UK

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• No one wants advice - only corroboration.

  John Steinbeck

  Entrepreneur, Mind Your Own Business, Want

  John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.102, Penguin

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• If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

  Winston Churchill

  Country, Fire, Political

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• Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Time, Stupid, Journey

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• It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Inspiring, Mom, Dad

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• It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Safety, Giving, Easy

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• No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Christian, Wise, Men

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• . . . for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Giving, Credit, Half

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Annotated Little Women with English Grammar Exercises: by Louisa May Alcott (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.556, Powell Publications, LLC

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• Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

  Woody Allen

  School, Class

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• Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Comfort, Discontent

  William Shakespeare (2010). “Measure for Measure”, p.74, Palgrave Macmillan

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• A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

  Jose Bergamin

  Pieces, Threat, Implicit

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

  Kathie Lee Gifford

  Fashion, Queens, Use

  Kathie Lee Gifford, Jim Jerome (1993). “I Can't Believe I Said That!: An Autobiography”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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• A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction

  Amber Tamblyn

  Truth, Thinking, People

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• If I have any advice to give to the Syrian president it is to cooperate for the sake of the investigation or for the sake of uncovering the truth.

  Walid Jumblatt

  Giving, President, Sake

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• My advice to kids is give it your all! Give it 110% and don't give up!

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Kids

  FaceBook post by Vanessa Hudgens from Apr 16, 2012

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• 'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.

  George Crabbe

  Son, Be Good, Good Advice

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.245

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• It is as easy to give advice to yourself as to others, and as useless.

  Austin O'Malley

  Giving, Useless, Easy

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