Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice. — Sophocles
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. — Publilius Syrus
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you. — Zac Efron
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. — John Churton Collins
Take an old man’s counsel and an experienced man’s knowledge — Greek Proverbs
It is advantageous to follow advice, for you will succeed in life. — Filipino Proverbs
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. — Bill Cosby
A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the advice. — Bill Cosby
Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root. — Robert Burns
Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom. — Walter Benjamin
Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise. — Joan Rivers
Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise. — David Seabury
When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error. — Buddha
To thrive in life you need three bones. A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone.
The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts molded by Him will never possess that steady purpose and calm trust, which is essential to the exercise of wise influence upon others, in times of crisis and difficulty. — Dixon Edward Hoste
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. — Hunter S. Thompson
It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend. — George S. Clason
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. — William Shakespeare
Franklin said once in one of his inspired flights of malignity--
Early to bed and early to rise
Make a man healthy and wealth and wise.
As if it were any object to a boy to be healthy and wealthy and wise on such terms. — Mark Twain
Any one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it. — Charles Caleb Colton
I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return. — A. N. Wilson
Wisdom Advice Quotes
To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him. — Al-Shafi‘i
Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge. — Al-Ghazali
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice. — Saadi Shirazi
Be strong enough to stand alone, be yourself enough to stand apart, but be wise enough to stand together when the time comes.
Take people's advice and guidance in the beginning, but always follow your instincts first — Alexander Wang
Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice. — Bible Proverbs
Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool. — African Proverbs
The person who does not listen to advice does not grow old — Spanish Proverbs
Wise Words Quotes
Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness. — Ibn Taymiyyah
Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. — Dalai Lama
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them. — Friedrich Nietzsche
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. — Socrates
Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned" — Al-Ghazali
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Fools live to regret their words, the wise regret their silence.
We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right. — Ravi Zacharias
Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him — Ali ibn Abi Talib
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's. — Joseph Campbell
Wise Counsel Quotes
It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought. — Thiruvalluvar
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. — Solomon
Fools take the knife and stab people in the back. The wise take a knife, cut the cord and free themselves from the fools.
Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men. — Hesiod
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. — Ben Johnson
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. — Confucius
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man grows it under his feet.
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. — Ben Jonson
Wise man was he who counselled that speculation should have free course, and look fearlessly towards all the thirty-two points of the compass, whithersoever and howsoever it listed. — Thomas Carlyle
No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. — Ben Jonson
To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest. — Woodrow Wilson
Good Advice Quotes
Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you. — Helen Rowland
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. — Francis Bacon
My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings. — Dan Gable
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them. — Amy Tan
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. — Anne Frank
Don't use your words to describe the situation. Use your words to change the situation. — Joel Osteen
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it). — Lewis Carroll
Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say. — Mitch Albom
It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. — William Shakespeare
To obtain an assured favorable response from people, it is better to offer them something for their stomachs instead of their brains. — Albert Einstein
Very Wise Quotes
A very wise quote is a spectacular waterfall! When you see it, you feel its power! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Those who take the lead take it by doing three things. First, science to be able to manoeuvre; second, knowledge to be able to heavily invest in education; and third, a very wise leadership with a clear vision and a roadmap to the right direction. — Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So what I’m left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I can’t quite remember. — George Carlin
Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice? — Bette Midler
Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service. — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
As Freud has shown, blunders are not the merest chance. They are the result of suppressed desires and conflicts. They are ripples on the surface of life, produced by unsuspected springs. And these may be very deep - as deep as the soul itself. The blunder may amount to the opening of a destiny. — Joseph Campbell
Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did. — Christine de Pizan
'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.' — John Abbott
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first. — Audrey Hepburn
Great Advice Quotes
Love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning. — Esther Perel
My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them. — Peter Facinelli
If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others. — Tryon Edwards
Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceeding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in . . . The edit. — Will Self
Married life teaches one invaluable lesson: to think of things far enough ahead not to say them. — Jefferson Machamer
Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. — Franz Kafka
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable. — Paramahansa Yogananda
A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that's not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn't mean we're not going to fight them. — Norman Schwarzkopf
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy. — Moliere
It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Words Of Advice Quotes
The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part. — Tom Petty
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.' — Randy Pausch
Be strong , my young friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of the Gita. These are bold words; but I have to say them, for I love you. I know where the shoe pinches. — Swami Vivekananda
When you go through a process of #1 praying daily and staying in God's word #2 obey Him in the small decisions every day #3 ask advice from a number of spiritual counselors then you can step out peacefully knowing that pleasing God is all that matters. America was built on this attitude. — Mary Engelbreit
Just a word of advice. Whenever you're furious with your parents or you think they're terrible, just remember, you vomited on them and they kept you. — John Green
A word of advice: If you get the choice between the upper and lower bunks in a cell, choose the lower. Prisons do not turn off their lights at night, and I spent a sleepless night, without a mattress, with a five-hundred-watt bulb shining directly into my eyes. — William Powell
Desperate times call for desperate measures. That's a saying, or a bit of advice, or a catchprase, or a string of words used to confuse people less intelligent than you. In any case, it means: Life is tough, so you'd better fight hard-or something like that. — Obert Skye
We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it. — Laura Ingalls Wilder
The fool who loves giving advice on our garden never tends his own plants — Paulo Coelho
Wise Wisdom Quotes
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. — Charles Spurgeon
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.This was said by gene wilder ... what does it mean ? — Gene Wilder
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. — Ronald Reagan
The real work is in the Heart:
Wake up your Heart! Because when the heart is completely awake,
Then it needs no Friend. — Rabia Basri
Put aside your pride,
Set down your arrogance,
And remember your grave. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. — Grantland Rice
Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different. — C. S. Lewis
Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. — Otto von Bismarck
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it. — Thomas S. Monson
He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith. — Abu Bakr
The best advice I have been given is to live in the moment, as cliché as that sounds. It's crazy. — Big Sean
...I leaped headlong into the Sea, and thereby have become more acquainted with the Soundings, the quicksands, and the rocks, than if I had stayed upon the green shore, and piped a silly pipe, and took tea and comfortable advice. — John Keats
No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. — Charlotte Bronte
I think that's an important thing to do, to really pay attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. This may sound like simple advice, but hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful. — Elon Musk
Be yourself. Follow your heart. I know it sounds obvious, but it's the best advice at anyone ever. Take advice from other people, but take from it what feels right for you. — Michael Stipe
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously. — J. C. Macaulay
I have a big hole in my heart," I said. "But it'll close over." I don't want to sound all Dr. Phil," she said. "But don't let the scab seal the pain in, okay?" That's good advice," I said. "I hope I can manage it. — Charlaine Harris
Recently my publicist asked me for a college photo, and I realize how chubby I looked. I know this sounds totally shallow, but my advice is don't fall prey to the freshmen fifteen! — Cecily von Ziegesar
Sadly, some folks want others to feel their pain, to hurt as much as they do-or more. My grandmother once told me to avoid colds and angry people whenever I could. It's sound advice. — Walter Inglis Anderson
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. — Bible Proverbs
When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask their opinion. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon
A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice. — Bill Cosby
The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him. — Baltasar Gracian
Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice. — Russell Lynes
A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the prince who seeks it, and not the shrewdness of the prince on good advice. — Niccolo Machiavelli
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it. — Karl Ludwig von Knebel
Some things look better inside of the store. — Drake
Never follow the crowd in what you do; the crowd has never produced anything of lasting quality, value or beauty. — Denis Waitley
Whitestorm was experienced, wise and brave. When Firestar had been made deputy, he had shown not a scrap of resentment that a lesser cat might have felt. He had supported him from the beginning, and he was the cat Firestar naturally turned to when he needed advice. — Erin Hunter
I've always said it's important to take advice from people who have what you want because otherwise, people are just guessing. — Mastin Kipp
I do not go to the gym. I do not train. I am not that careful about what I eat. I cannot give you any advice about keeping fit. The best advice I can give is choose your parents wisely. — Harrison Ford
Something that is said with the word “YOU” is truly heard by a very few and, that too, listened only of someone who leads a very simple life and regularly says the things refreshingly new because “You” has a tone and texture of an ADVICE, which everyone tries to give than take from others as almost all consider themselves to be WISE. — Anuj
All your trouble comes from lack of exercise. A man of your strength and constitution ought always to have kept physically active. So don't jibe at the very wise advice that sentences you to one hour's walk a day. You imagine the work of the mind takes place only in the brain; but you're much mistaken. It takes place in the legs as well. — George Sand
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. — William Shakespeare
A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth. — Esaias Tegner
..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows. — C. S. Lewis
Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. But what would you? You have not told me all concerning yourself; and how then shall I choose better than you? — J. R. R. Tolkien
This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition. — Omar Sharif
Someone has to make the final decision, but the wise leader gathers information and seeks counsel - after deciding who among those surrounding him provides consistently wise advice - before making that final decision. — John E Ferling
When George W. Bush decided to save the American position in Iraq by going against the advice of all of his wise men, of Jim Baker and the whole Iraq Study Group, and 90% of his administration, that was George W. Bush's decision. So we have to bear in mind that this isn't an administration we're electing. It's a person that we are electing. — Bret Stephens
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes, but presently prevent the ways to wail. — William Shakespeare
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