Quotes by Subject: Advice
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. | |||
Wise men don't need advice; fools don't take it. | * | ||
When we ask advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. | |||
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. | * | ||
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. | * | ||
Tis better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. | * | ||
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. | |||
The best way to keep your word is not to give it. | |||
Red is the ultimate cure for sadness. | |||
Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. | |||
In a fight of you vs. the world, back the world. | |||
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. | * | ||
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. | * | ||
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. | * | ||
I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble. | |||
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. | |||
The best way to realize the pleasure of feeling rich is to live in a smaller house than your means would entitle you to have. | |||
If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening. | |||
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. | |||
If you want a place in the sun, you have to put up with a few blisters. | |||
To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time. | * | ||
Before you put someone in their place, you should put yourself in theirs. | |||
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. | |||
Walk away from it [your problems] until you get stronger. All your troubles will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able to cope. | |||
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. | |||
When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it. | * | ||
Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary. | |||
Do not tell your problems to people: eighty percent do not care and the other twenty percent are glad you have them. | |||
Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act. | |||
You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively. | |||
Imitate until you emulate; match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness. | |||
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. | |||
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane. | |||
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. | |||
Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. | |||
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. | |||
Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. | * | ||
The nature of life is to make a virtue of the inevitable. | * | ||
Keep true to the dreams of thy youth. | |||
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do. | * | ||
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. | |||
Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. | * | ||
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. | |||
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. | |||
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. | |||
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. | |||
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. | * | ||
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. | |||
Keep your eyes on the stars and feet on the ground. | * | ||
Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead. | |||
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. | |||
The more opinions you have, the less you see. | * | ||
Become who you are. | |||
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. | * | ||
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars. | |||
Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. | |||
Clothes make the man. Nake people have no affect on society. | |||
You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word. | |||
The way to become boring is to say everything. | |||
Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice. | |||
Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved. | |||
Don't be content to be a chip off the old block - be the block itself. | |||
He who would travel happily must travel light. | |||
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. | |||
Smile well and often. It makes people wonder what you've been up to. | * | ||
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yeild to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. | |||
Never try to teach a cat to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the cat. | * | ||
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. | * | ||
Trust everybody, but cut the cards. | |||
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. | * | ||
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. | |||
Always do right - this will gartify some and astonish the rest. | |||
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. | |||
There is no straight line to a dream. | |||
Be nice to people on your way up because you?ll need them on your way down. | |||
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. | * | ||
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. | |||
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are. | |||
Never miss a good chance to shut up. | |||
A solution should be as simple as possible, but not simpler. | * | ||
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. | * | ||
The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese. | * | ||
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. | |||
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. | * | ||
You walk very slowly and maybe by chance you'll bump into a genius and he'll make you rich. | * | ||
If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time. | |||
If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters. | |||
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. | |||
Do what you can with what you have where you are. | |||
Truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. | |||
Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you. | |||
The next time you feel like complaining, remember that your garbage disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in the world. | * | ||
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. | |||
Get your criminal attorney now. Should something go south, you won't have the luxury of shopping around. | * | ||
When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near. | |||
Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated. | * | ||
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. | |||
There is no evil that does not offer inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasure; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer. | |||
Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there. | |||
Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once. | |||
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. | * | ||
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. | * | ||
Violence is for fools and emergencies. The less of a fool you are, the fewer emergencies you will have. | * | ||
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them? | |||
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. | * | ||
Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. | |||
A wise man puts his eggs carefully in one basket and watches the basket. | |||
It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. | |||
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. | |||
When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at all, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil. | |||
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. | |||
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. | |||
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it. | |||
One should forgive one's enimies, but not before they are hanged. | |||
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all. | |||
We don't want to eat the cake before your birthday. | |||
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it. | * | ||
There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can't remember what the second one is. | |||
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