Advice Quotes

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.

Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice. (Proverbs 12:15)

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once.

Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

The advice that means the most to me right now was not delivered directly to me. It’s something I read that Fred Astaire said about his dance routines: “Get it til it’s perfect, then cut two minutes.”

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

It is bad advice that cannot be altered.

No one wants advice – only corroboration.