Factual Advice Quotes

The solution is commitment to whatever is in front of you;
Because
It's not always what you wanna do but the options in front of you ~ Bandile Matsenjwa

Things can get good again. Even things like a marriage. ~ Suzanne Woods Fisher

A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savour of it. ~ W.K. Marriott

Marriage is for the mature, not the infantile. The fusion of two different personalities requires emotional balance and control on the part of each person. ~ Archie Lee

I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I'm a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage. ~ Anne Frank

The more time you can put between you and your manuscript, the more fresh your eyes become and the more mistakes you'll catch. Let a chapter rest for a day, you'll see ways to improve it. Let your completed book rest a month or more and you'll see stuff that's long or that you want to skip. Read it out loud to get rid of awkward phrases and listen to your critique partners if they are good. ~ Dan Alatorre

And when youth comes to age for advice he receives the wisdom of years. ~ George S. Clason

When it comes to advice, positive and negative are not measured in terms of what makes us feel better or worse. Instead, positive and negative are measured in terms of whether the advice given will yield positive or negative results, if heeded. ~ Darrell Roberts

She gazes over at baby Genevieve, who is now asleep in Kevin's arms, and thinks, I really don't have any words of advice at all. The world is an endlessly confounding place. ~ Elin Hilderbrand

... Whenever the man of science introduces his personal value judgment, a full understanding of the facts ceases. ~ Max Weber

One small but scientifically sound study from Japan found that jogging thirty minutes just two or three times a week for twelve weeks improved executive function. But it's important to mix in some form of activity that demands coordination beyond putting one foot in front of the other.... Aerobic exercise and complex activity have different beneficial effects on the brain. The good news is they're complementary. ~ John J. Ratey

I may not always be right, but when I am, I admit it ~ Ken Murray

For every evil under the sun,
There is a remedy, or there is none.
If there be one, try and find it;
If there be none, never mind it. ~ Mother Goose Rhymes

Good sex is about knowing each other's deepest and kinkiest desires. ~ Abhijit Naskar

So many things people say may seem so good and right; you only have to think twice to know what is so good and right! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I said bluntly that if the president were to follow Mr. Clifford's advice and if in the elections I were to vote, I would vote against the president. ~ George C. Marshall

Men had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. He'd felt it on the first day he'd picked up a quarterstaff, though Tukks's advice had helped him refine and channel what he could do. Kaladin had cared when he fought. He'd never fought empty or cold. He fought to keep his men alive. ~ Brandon Sanderson

I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions. ~ Peter Jennings

What is life if not joy? ~ Katja Michael

I would not have you think me regretful, or melancholy. Life has been good to me - and every age has its gifts for the man who is willing to work for them and use them temperately. And nothing is more ungraceful, more ludicrous, than the spectacle of one who attempts to linger over the pleasures of an age he had outlived, and ignore the advantages of his own time of life. ~ John D. Swain

I sit on my bed and think about Nader McMillan and wonder what I'm going to do. Ignore him. Stand up to him. Avoid him. Be "tough." I think of the stuff Dad has said over the years. How he finally gave up suggesting things. Why are you asking me this? I never figured out what to do about my own bullies. How am I supposed to know what to do with yours? ~ A.S. King

In marriage never withhold sex because for men sex is the biggest love expression that a woman can give in a committed relationship. ~ Linda Alfiori

It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend. ~ George S. Clason

Treat every piece of advice as a gift or a compliment and simply say, Thank you. ~ Marshall Goldsmith

Ignoring your intuition telling you this person is not for you will likely lead to more time wasted and more disappointments along the way. ~ Stephan Labossiere

Sit in a room and read
and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time. ~ Joseph Campbell

That's amazing. You're five years younger than me and you're the one giving me the much-needed advice. Thank you."
"Yeah, well in all honesty, I just pulled most that stuff out of my ass. But still, you're welcome. ~ Rebecca Espinoza

For two thousand years Christianity has been telling us: life is death, death is life; it is high time to consult the dictionary. ~ Remy De Gourmont

I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don't be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it. ~ Sarah Kay

How can I create a helping relationship?

1) Can I be in some way that will be perceived by the other as trustworthy, dependable or consistent in some deep sense?
2) Can I be expressive enough as a person, that what I am will be communicated unambiguously?
3) Can I let myself experience positive emotions towards this person-attitudes of warmth, caring, liking, interest and respect?
4) Can I be strong enough as a person to be separate from the other? Can I be a sturdy respecter of my own needs and feelings as well as his?
5) Am I secure enough within myself to permit him, him separateness? Can I give him freedom to be or do I feel he should follow my advice, remain somewhat dependent on me or become a mold of me?
6) Can I allow myself to enter fully into the world of his feelings, personal meanings and see things as he does?
7) Can I be accepting of each facet of this other person
8) Can I act with sufficient sensitivity in the relationship, that my behaviour won't be seen as a threat?
9) Can I free him from the threat of external evaluation?
10) Can I meet this individual as a person who is in the process of becoming, or will I be bound by his past and my past? ~ Carl R. Rogers

The words of his various writing instructors and professional mentors over the years came back to him at times like these, and he found a new understanding in their advice: Writing is rewriting. The rough draft is just that. You can't polish what you haven't written.

Things that made for a normal life - like a daily routine that followed the sun - took a back seat to times like these, and he exulted in that change because it served as proof that his writing was indeed the most important thing in his life. It wasn't a conscious choice on his part, like deciding to repaint the bathroom or go buy the groceries, but an overarching reallocation of his existence that was as undeniable as breathing. Day turned into night, breakfast turned into dinner, and the laptop or the writing tablet beckoned even when he was asleep.

He would often awake with a new idea - as if he'd merely been on a break and not unconscious - and he would see the empty seat before the desk not as his station in some pointless assembly line, but as the pilot's seat in a ship that could go anywhere. ~ Vincent H. O'Neil

Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice. ~ Anne Frank

Thing about marriage i've learned over the years? Just make your partner happy. ~ Eden Butler

If you can change the way you think in time you will notice a change in your heart and also a change in your life and the way you see things. ~ The Prolific Penman

A good life is the result of a thousand small choices and so is a bad one. ~ Karina Bliss

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

... plans are all well and good in the Summer, but in the Winter it's wise to simply have an objective.'
'I thought we were meant to make a plan and stick to it?'
'Events move fast,' he said, 'and you need on-the-hoof flexibility to ensure the plan doesn't get in the way of the goal.'
It actually seemed like quite good advice. ~ Jasper Fforde

It is probably safe to say that all the changes of factual knowledge which have led to the relativity theory, resulting in a very great theoretical development, are completely trivial from any point of view except their relevance to the structure of a theoretical system. ~ Talcott Parsons

I tell everyone who asks me about writing ... almost everyone has an idea for a book, and some even have a great ending, but it's that 290 or so pages in between that are tough! ~ Brooklyn Hudson

That living has no value - it's what you do with life that gives it worth. ~ Michael J. Sullivan

Nobody can give you advice after you've been collecting for a while. If you don't enjoy making your own decisions, you're never going to be much of a collector anyway. ~ Charles Saatchi

Don't be afraid of what you're creating. ~ Christy Hall

I would quit while you're ahead. Really. It's an awful field. Just torture. Awful. You write and you write, and you have to throw almost all of it away because it's not any good. I would say just stop now. You don't want to do this to yourself. That's my advice to you. ~ Philip Roth