Advice Quotes - Page 28

• Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without very accurate inquiry whether it is right. It is sufficient that another is growing great in his own eyes at our expense, and assumes authority over us without our permission; for many would contentedly suffer the consequences of their own mistakes, rather than the insolence of him who triumphs as their deliverer.

  Samuel Johnson

  Mistake, Eye, Vanity

  Samuel Johnson (1824). “The works of Samuel Johnson”, p.99

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• There are few so free from vanity as not to dictate to those who will hear their instructions with a visible sense of their own beneficence.

  Samuel Johnson

  Vanity, Instruction, Beneficence

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.150

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• No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Opinion, Imagine

  Samuel Johnson (1756). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.82

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• That there is something in advice very useful and salutary, seems to be equally confessed on all hands; since even those that reject it, allow for the most part that rejection to be wrong, but charge the fault upon the unskilful manner in which it is given; they admit the efficacy of the medicine, but abhor the nauseousness of the vehicle.

  Samuel Johnson

  Hands, Medicine, Rejection

  Samuel Johnson (1823). “The works of Samuel Johnson”, p.440

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• The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener is necessary to the accommodation of all those who desire to be confirmed in the opinion of their own wisdom: a patient listener, however, is not always to be had; the present age, whatever age is present, is so vitiated and disordered, that young people are readier to talk than to attend, and good counsel is only thrown away upon those who are full of their own perfections.

  Samuel Johnson

  People, Perfection, Age

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1811). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes”, p.174

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• Etymology: from Latin ad-, "to" + visum, past participle of videre, "to see". Advice is what you get from your parents when you are growing up, and from your children when you are growing old.

  Evan Esar

  Children, Growing Up, Latin

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• Avoid contradicting in general, especially people you love.

  Maurice Baring

  People, Contradicting

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• The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months.

  Don Kardong

  Running, Stupid, Keys

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• Listen to people and treat people as you find them.
  There's an inherent goodness in most people.
  Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway.

  Sean Bean

  People, Judging, Goodness

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• If I'm going for advice for anything in my life, I go straight to my father because he has the answers.

  Jessica Simpson

  Dad, Father, Answers

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• It is the privilege of adults to give advice. It is the privilege of youth not to listen. Both avail themselves of their privileges, and the world rocks along.

  Dominique Sutton

  Rocks, Giving, Age

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• The best advice I can give people when they buy Burgundy, which is a bit of a roulette game, is to look for producers who are tried and true... Look for the name of the producer, whether Michel Lafarge, Domaine Leflaivre, Dominique Lafont, or another. When they put their name on the bottle, they're proud.

  Daniel Johnnes

  Wine, Games, Names

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• When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Buddhist, Men

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• Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

  Publilius Syrus

  Carpe Diem, Delight, Misfortunes

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 467, 1856.

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• If you go in for argument take care of your temper. Your logic if you have any will take care of itself.

  Joseph P. Farrell

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• It is better to have a little than nothing.

  Publilius Syrus

  Littles, Nothingness

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• Keep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not to offend the Lord that you would rather lose a thousand lives and be persecuted by the whole world, than commit one mortal sin, and until you are most careful not to commit venial sins.

  Teresa of Avila

  Determination, Mind, Important

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.178, A&C Black

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• Good advice is like a proverb: the meaning depends on the interpretation.

  Rebecca L. Walkowitz

  Good Advice, Interpretation, Depends

  Rebecca L. Walkowitz (2012). “Cosmopolitan Style: Modernism Beyond the Nation”, p.145, Columbia University Press

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• If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.

  Sophocles

  Watches, Trouble, Danger

  David Grene, Sophocles (1959). “Sophocles”, [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press

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• Eat bread at pleasure, drink wine by measure.

  Randle Cotgrave

  Wine, Bread, Drink

  Randle COTGRAVE (1660). “A Dictionarie of the French and English tongues. Containing also"Briefe directions for such as desire to learne the French tongue."With a plate”, p.730

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• You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell.

  Publilius Syrus

  Wine, Ivy, Needs

  Maxim 968,

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• A short way into Teen Vogue I realized that teens see it as a guide for their lives and their careers, more than a place to teach them how to get boys. And they don't ask us fashion advice questions; they're too sophisticated. They're inspired by what they see and they think, 'These people at this magazine represent what I want to be, beyond shoes and makeup.'

  Amy Astley

  Fashion, Boys, Makeup

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• I believe Jack Smith might have written THE BOOK on writing and revising for publication. Clean, direct, succinct--a book that is full of pure wisdom and truth, but also amazing technical advice.

  Virgil Suarez

  Believe, Book, Writing

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• The number one piece of advice I would share is to recruit a mentor. Find someone you admire who is at least one generation older, and has no direct authority over you. Lack of context and perspective can cost you months and years--with a bad career choice, an unwise relocation, short-term negotiating posture, and, generally speaking, sophomoric thinking.

  Bing Gordon

  Thinking, Years, Careers

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• A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it

  Hesiod

  Men, Evil, Worst

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