Advice Quotes

They first condemn that first advised the ill.

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

Better counsel comes overnight.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, […]

I never take advice from anyone more messed up than I am.

Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts, and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

An empty stomach is not a good political advisor.

The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son.

A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised – good advice depends on the shrewdness of the prince who seeks it.

If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of ten times.