Advice Quotes - Page 19

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.

Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude.

The only advice [for new writers and poets] I can offer is to be yourself: not the self someone else wants you to be, but the self you are. Enjoy yourself and your life. But most of all travel and eat. That's how we learn.

If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

I'm prepared to take advice on leisure from Prince Philip. He's a world expert on leisure. He's been practicing it for most of his adult life.

The best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others.

Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself.

The best advice I was given if that if you want to succeed and you want to achieve, you have to learn how to handle failures.

Remember my strong advice; just remember to always think twice.

When it comes down to it, I don't have much in the way of advice to offer you, but here it is: Read to children. Vote. And never buy anything from a man who's selling fear.

I got some very good advice once. That was: You're not talking to a reporter, you're talking to the public. We didn't hide things. They are a little more guarded now.

The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are.

In difficult circumstances always act on first impressions.

Never take advice from someone you wouldn't trade places with.

For a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I should cease looking back so much, that I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day. After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?

Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.

If a manager asks an academic consultant what to do and that consultant answers, then the consultant should be fired. No academic has the experience to know the context of a managerial problem well enough to give specific advice about a specific situation.

The most popular form of altruism is giving to others the advice you cannot use yourself.

It is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions.

When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd.

There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice, I say, You gotta learn all the letters of your own personal alphabet. With music, you need to know all the different kinds of music and everything in and around your given instrument.

From now on - specialize; never again make any concession to the ninety-nine percent of you which is like everyon else at the expense of the one percent which is unique.