Giving Advice Quotes

• There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Wise, Wisdom, Philosophical

  "The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order".

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• We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Hate, People, Giving

  Dr. Laurence J. Peter (2013). “Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times”, p.44, Harper Collins

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• The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Life And Love, Taken, People

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• The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

  Harry S. Truman

  Funny, Leadership, Witty

  Television interview by Edward R. Murrow, CBS, 27 May 1955

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• It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

  J. C. Macaulay

  Men, Giving, Advice

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• Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Women

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Nov 29, 2014

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• When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.

  Henri Nouwen

  Life, Motivational, Friendship

  "Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life". Book by Henri Nouwen, 1974.

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• We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Life, Giving, Advice

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “The Way to Wealth: Advice, Hints, and Tips on Business, Money, and Finance”, p.12, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

  Tom Stoppard

  Giving, Advice, Buckets

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• In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

  Solon

  Life, Friendship, Giving

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• Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Funny, Birthday

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• To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

  Wilson Mizner

  Wisdom, Giving, Advice

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• In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• "Be yourself" is about the worst advice you can give some people.

  Thomas Lansing Masson

  Funny, Life, Being Yourself

  "American Treasury, 1455-1955". Book by Clifton Fadiman, p. 791, 1955.

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• It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

  Aeschylus

  Giving, Political, Advice

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• Giving advice was a lot harder than following it.

  Richelle Mead

  Giving, Advice, Harder

  Richelle Mead (2008). “Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.160, Penguin

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• In giving advice I advise you, be short.

  Horace

  Giving, Advice, Advise

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• There are two things which a man should scrupulously avoid: giving advice that he would not follow, and asking advice when he is determined to pursue his own opinion.

  Norm MacDonald

  Men, Two, Giving

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• A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

  E. W. Howe

  Wise, Motivation, Fear

  "The last word on Fear" by AC Grayling, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 1999.

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

  Josh Billings

  Men, Giving, Advice

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• My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

  Thornton Wilder

  Happiness, Laughter, Acceptance

  1942 The Skin of Our Teeth, act 1.

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• Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

  Gordon R. Dickson

  Inspirational, Funny, Wall

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• Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

  Carolyn Wells

  Blessed, Giving, Advice

  Carolyn Wells (1937). “The Rest of My Life”

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

  Karl Ludwig von Knebel

  Christian, Giving, Advice

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• A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

  Bill Cosby

  Funny, Life, Wise

  Twitter post from Oct 30, 2009

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