Advice

Quotes about Advice

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

~Erica Jong

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

~Gordon R. Dickson

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

  ~Henry Wheeler Shaw

The best advice is this: Don’t take advice and don’t give advice.

~ Unknown

A word to the wise ain’t necessary — it’s the stupid ones who need the advice.

 ~Bill Cosby

It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. ~William Shakespeare

Old men are fond of giving good advice, to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples. 

~François La Rochefoucauld

When we ask advice we are usually looking for an accomplice. 

~Charles Varlet de La Grange

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others. 

~ Unknown

Few take advice, or physic, without wry faces at it. ~Augustus William Hare

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

~ Unknown

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. 

~Hannah Whitall Smith

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves. 

~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

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

~Solon

No one wants advice - only corroboration. 

~John Steinbeck

I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine. 

~Josh Billings

Sometimes I give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

 ~Mary Wortley Montagu

I always pass on good advice.  It's the only thing to do with it.  It is never any use to oneself. 

~Oscar Wilde

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

~Edgar Watson Howe

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.  ~Cicero