Giving Advice Quotes

I've learned the most from Randy Harrison. Because of his fantastic imaginary world filled with bizarre friends. He is constantly giving us good advice. ~ Gale Harold

Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it. ~ Randy Pausch

Before giving advice we must have secured its acceptance, or, rather, have made it desired. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

When older people ask me, "How have you been so successful after age 65?" I tell them, "Anyone who's reached 65 years of age has had a world of experience behind him. He's had his ups and downs and all the trials and tribulations of life. He certainly ought to be able to gather something out of that, something he can put together at the end of his 65 years so he can get a new start." The way I see it, a man's life is written by the way he lives it. It's using any talent God has given him, even if his talent is cooking food or running a good motel.

You can reach higher, think bigger, grow stronger and live deeper in this country of ours than anywhere else on Earth. The rules here give everybody a chance to win. If my story is different, it's because my life really began at age 65 when most folks have already called it a day.

I'd been modestly successful before I hit 65. After that I made millions. When they're about 60 or 65, a lot of people feel that life is all over for them. Too many of them just sit and wait until they die or they become a burden to other people. The truth is they can make a brand new life for themselves if they just don't give up and hunker down.

I want to tell people, "You're only as old as you feel or as you think, and no matter what your age there's plenty of work to be done." I don't want to sound like I'm clearing my throat and giving advice about how a man can be successful. I'm not all puffed up. My main trade secr ~ Harland Sanders

To my babies,

Merry Christmas. I'm sorry if these letters have caught you both by surprise. There is just so much more I have to say. I know you thought I was done giving advice, but I couldn't leave without reiterating a few things in writing. You may not relate to these things now, but someday you will. I wasn't able to be around forever, but I hope that my words can be.

-Don't stop making basagna. Basagna is good. Wait until a day when there is no bad news, and bake a damn basagna.

-Find a balance between head and heart. Hopefully you've found that Lake, and you can help Kel sort it out when he gets to that point.

-Push your boundaries, that's what they're there for.

-I'm stealing this snippet from your favorite band, Lake. "Always remember there is nothing worth sharing, like the love that let us share our name."

-Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.

-And Laugh a lot. Never go a day without laughing at least once.

-Never judge others. You both know good and well how unexpected events can change who a person is. Always keep that in mind. You never know what someone else is experiencing within their own life.

-Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passions. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers.

-Be accepting. Of everything. People's differences, their similarities, their ~ Colleen Hoover

Man, or at least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality. As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle

The desire to give advice is itself a symptom of disapproval; and further, it is usually the result of a desire to express that disapproval. And we are most moved to give advice to those for whom our affection and regard may be taken for granted, but to whom we would rather express our disapproval. We cannot go to them and say that we disapprove of them. That would not be affectionate, and might lead to reprisals. But we can give them advice in which the disapproval is implied and which yet seems innocently helpful. ~ John William Mackail

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. ~ James G. March

To be a deep listener, one of the first things we have to do is give up the need and the desire to give advice. Knowing answers does not require stating them; there are times when offering answers is not helpful, as when a person is in the middle of their own learning process. ~ John Earle

I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand. ~ Tom Peters

The trouble with giving advice is that others want to return the favor. ~ Sam Ewing

I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses to wealthy persons who do not have the time, inclination, nor culture to do such work for themselves. It is nothing new. Women have done the same thing before. ~ Elsie De Wolfe

I don't believe in that term 'self-made' - not to be offensive, but I believe everything happens for a reason, every single person you meet. Even if it's one single person giving you advice, that person helped you get to where you're at today. ~ Michelle Phan

What shall we Christians do now with this depraved and damned people of the Jews? ... I will give my faithful advice: First, that one should set fire to their synagogues ... Then that one should also break down and destroy their houses ... That one should drive them out the country. ~ Martin Luther

One can tell a child everything, anything. I have often been struck by the fact that parents know their children so little. They should not conceal so much from them. How well even little children understand that their parents conceal things from them, because they consider them too young to understand! Children are capable of giving advice in the most important matters. How can one deceive these dear little birds, when they look at one so sweetly and confidingly? I call them birds because there is nothing in the world better than birds! ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You've just got to give yourself time - that's good advice I think. Give yourself time to figure out what you're good at and what you're not good at. ~ Adam Sandler

When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems. ~ Adele Faber

All advice can only be a product of the man who gives it. ~ Hunter S. Thompson

I'm by no means an expert at giving advice on depression, but I would say that a lot of my show is about making the decision to be happy. We all think that happiness is something that just falls into our lap. But it's something you have to really work on. ~ Lilly Singh

Seek advice from those who are competent through their own experience and success to give it. ~ George S. Clason

It's hard to give someone advice when you're an institution. I don't really put a lot of pressure on it - I'm just open to doing stuff that's challenging. ~ Nick Swardson

Never give power of attorney. ~ Debbie Reynolds

Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices. ~ Benito Mussolini

I lay very little stress either upon asking or giving advice. Generally speaking, they who ask advice know what they wish to do, and remain firm to their intentions. A man may allow himself to be enlightened on various points, even upon matters of expediency and duty; but, after all, he must determine his course of action, for himself. ~ Wilhelm Von Humboldt

He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person. ~ Mark Twain

The advice I continually give to young writers is this, "Learn to paint pictures with words." Not just once upon a time, but ... In the long secret dust of ages, beneath a blue forgotten sky, where trade winds caress the sun bleached shores of unknown realms ... See, as much as there are words in poetry, there is a poetry in words. Use it, stay faithful to the path you have set your heart upon and follow it. ~ Brian Jacques

I do think I'm terrific at giving advice. Although in our hearts we usually know what we should do. It's rare that you get in a situation in life where you don't know how to proceed. You know the thing you should do, but don't want to. ~ Paul F. Tompkins

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice. ~ Luc De Clapiers

I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people. ~ Nick Cave

O' youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice. ~ Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani

The one piece of advice I can give you is, do what turns you on. Do something that if you had all the money in the world, you'd still be doing it. You've got to have a reason to jump out of bed in the morning. ~ Warren Buffett

An artist gives. Gives visually, gives through courses, or with free advice, through generosity of spirit and through a need to share. ~ Veronica Roth

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

Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly. ~ George Washington

The giving hand is considered powerful; the receiving hand is considered weak. It's better to give than to receive. ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom. ~ Bill Moyers

In general, the best advice I can give people is to take criticism seriously, apologize for anything you have done wrong, and pull back from conflict. Of course, if you are right on a content matter, you should press forward in the interest of quality, but conflict often has a way of taking on a life of its own, unfortunately. ~ Jimmy Wales

The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them. ~ Edgar Degas

Let me give you some advice: Try to approach things without preconceived ideas, without supposing you already know everything there is to know about them. Get that trick down and you'll be surprised at what's really all around you. ~ Charles De Lint

My grandfather's a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice. One day, he took me aside and left me there. ~ Ron Richards

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice. ~ Bo Bennett

I always feel stupid giving advice since I've been married, what, a year? I can say this: Be in it for the long haul and just know there are going to be rough patches. No two people are the same, there are going to be areas where you just don't click. ~ Nick Lachey

Advice I would give to anyone trying to find their own personal style: don't copy anybody, just be yourself, and make your own trends. ~ Bethany Cosentino

If I could give advice to anyone, it would be that sometimes the best way you can fight a problem - and this is going to be a little bit controversial - is to not address it. ~ Lilly Singh

To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience. ~ Kohei Uchimura

In giving advice I advise you, be short. ~ Horace

God has been my number one inspiration. I also look up to Will Smith and Jamie Fox who are also personal friends of mine. They give me great career advice. I would also include Chris Stokes, as a filmmaker and music producer. I've been working with him since I was eight. ~ Marques Houston

Facts do not give advice. ~ Mason Cooley

To keep on receiving, you must keep giving. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I intended to give you some advice but now I remember how much is left over from last year unused. ~ George Harris

Fran McDormand was great because she said, 'What I used to do when I worked with him was I would just walk on the set and I would give him a big hug. Somehow his guard would just drop.' So I took that advice. ~ Charlize Theron

No one has ever mistaken me for someone who should be giving fashion advice, but I will say I'm always impressed by women who have kind of figured out their own style and comfort. That's what I find attractive. ~ Hugh Dancy

Giving advice to a child is like flinging sand at an obsidian wall. Nothing sticks. The brutal truth is that we each suffer our own lessons - they can't be danced round. They can't be slipped past. You cannot gift a child with your scars - they arrive like webs, constricting, suffocating, and that child will struggle and strain until they break. No matter how noble your intent, the only scars that teach them anything are the ones they earn themselves. ~ Steven Erikson

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong. ~ Pierre Charron

Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man. ~ Barbara Mertz

Play every day. I don't know. I'm not sure what kind of advice I would give. You just have to do it every second that you can. ~ Drake Bell

I'm friends with [David] Fincher. [James] Cameron gives me advice. I know a fair amount of directors who have been through it, and they all felt pretty confident that I would be fine when I got my shot. So their confidence made me feel confident. ~ Timothy Miller

The best advice I can give you: Look unto Jesus, beholding his beauty in the written word. ~ John Newton

Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to. ~ Rossana Condoleo

Develop a mentor at each stage of your career - someone who will give you guidance and advice. ~ Brian Tracy

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Joy of giving, joy of receiving. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I try to avoid giving advice. ~ Scott Adams

Never forget, the real secret of giving advice is this: Once you've given it, don't concern yourself with whether it is followed or not, and refrain from saying 'I told you so.' ~ Harvey MacKay

I don't profess to know anything about marriage that anybody else doesn't know, or how to make it right. I don't want to read about somebody who's giving me relationship advice. So I try to keep some things for myself, to have a private life. ~ Scarlett Johansson

We were giving advice for the single-worst idea to come forward from a group that's been rife with them, it would be this: The idea is this: Let's make the tax code of America better for very rich people; let's give substantial tax relief to the richest people we can find. Forget about the person making $40,000 a year and paying Social Security payroll tax. Forget about all those other people paying income tax; we're here to give tax relief to the richest 2% of America. ~ Barney Frank

The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke. ~ Edwina Currie

Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous. ~ Henry Theodore Tuckerman

What I'm interested in watching is to make sure that they give the right advice now to the contestants who are going forward because, you know, it's one thing just to criticize but you've got to also give, you know, good advice which is going to help them. Overall, I think they're a good panel. ~ Simon Cowell

When you say to someone "follow your heart", it actually refers to the rhetorical representation of various emotions, that are precisely produced from neural activity of the limbic system. So, the metaphoric heart we always boast about while giving advice to our friends, is actually not anywhere near the biological organ known as heart. Rather it too, like all other elements of the human mind exists only in the brain. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Go not to the Elves for counsel,
for they will say both no and yes.
Elves seldom give unguarded advice,
for advice is a dangerous gift,
even from the wise to the wise,
and all courses may run ill. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

I am of use to the younger artists through the advice and criticism which I give them. ~ Howard Pyle

The best advice I could give anyone is to spend your time working on whatever you are passionate about in life. ~ Richard Branson

I'm bad when it comes to giving advice and best at expressing myself. ~ Shawn Lukas

If I were to give one piece of advice, I would say to never accept anything that you hear or see at face value. As a general rule of thumb, then the more you question, the better. ~ Ernest Gaines

Giving advice is many times only the privilege of saying a foolish thing one's self, under the pretense of hindering another from doing one. ~ Alexander Pope

One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview. ~ Sam Altman

The Intellectual

The intellectual is always showing off;
the lover is always getting lost.
The intellectual runs away, afraid of drowning;
the whole business of love is to drown in the sea.
Intellectuals plan their repose;
lovers are ashamed to rest.
The lover is always alone,
even surrounded with people;
like water and oil, he remains apart.
The man who goes to the trouble
of giving advice to a lover
get's nothing. He's mocked by passion.
Love is like musk. It attracts attention.
Love is a tree, and lovers are its shade. ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

Sometimes an outside perspective is the clearer perspective. ~ Shannon A. Thompson

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Even the elders can give a number of helpful hints. ~ George Ade

Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life. ~ Patricia Cornwell

Listening to learn isn't about giving advice
at least not until asked
but about trying to understand exactly what someone means,how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation ... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring with her thoughts and feelings, keeps a mother in touch with a daughter's growing and changing self. ~ Elizabeth Debold

Life lesson that sucks? Giving advice is way easier than living your own life. Life lesson that sucks worse? Realizing this after you've severely fucked up. ~ Kristen Callihan

What you do not use yourself, do not give to others. For example: advice. ~ Sri Chinmoy

In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness. ~ Norm MacDonald

A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation. ~ Andy Rooney

When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them. ~ G.K. Chesterton

The Importance of Receiving
Receiving often is harder than giving. Giving is very important: giving insight, giving hope, giving courage, giving advice, giving support, giving money, and, most of all, giving ourselves. Without giving there is no brotherhood and sisterhood.
But receiving is just as important, because by receiving we reveal to the givers that they have gifts to offer. When we say, "Thank you, you gave me hope; thank you, you gave me a reason to live; thank you, you allowed me to realise my dream," we make givers aware of their unique and precious gifts. Sometimes it is only in the eyes of the receivers that givers discover their gifts. ~ Henri J.M. Nouwen

Any time I can be of help to the government in terms of giving advice -I've given a little advice, actually. ~ Howard Warren Buffett

If for just the time of a finger-snap a monk produces a thought of loving-kindness, develops it, gives attention to it, such a one is rightly called a monk. Not in vain does he meditate. He acts in accordance with the master's teaching, he follows his advice. How much more so if he cultivates it. ~ Gautama Buddha

Do the Tao Now Spend an hour, a day, a week, or a month practicing not giving unsolicited advice. Stop yourself for an instant and call upon your silent knowing. Ask a question, rather than giving advice or citing an example from your life, and then just listen to yourself and the other person. As Lao-tzu would like you to know, that's the highest state of man. ~ Wayne W. Dyer

It is funny, I don't feel old enough to give advice ... But with the advisers you trust, you better listen to them. It may be bad news but that's the only way you're going to improve. ~ Ben Heppner

Give help rather than advice. ~ Luc De Clapiers

Living apart and at peace with myself,I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with anothers way of life-so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands Off. ~ Henry Miller

What you do not sow, cannot grow. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I want fans to give me advice on girls; why do they always say they don't look good in pictures, even though they look great? ~ Kevin Jonas

It is the privilege of adults to give advice. It is the privilege of youth not to listen. Both avail themselves of their privileges, and the world rocks along. ~ Dominique Sutton