Where there is no counsel, the people perish; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
A woman has advice only for another woman.
—Turkish Proverb
When a man has been guilty of any vice of folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
All diseases run into one, old age.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or fruit.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
Nothing is given as easily as advice.
—French Proverb
The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master’s ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) American Journalist, Political Commentator
How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning?
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Irish Satirist
Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.
—Otto von Bismarck (1815–98) German Chancellor, Prime Minister
It never occurs to some politicians that Lincoln is worth imitating as well as quoting.
—Unknown
Those who school others, oft should school themselves.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
One can advise comfortably from a safe port.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
—Greek Proverb
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
—Arthur Helps (1813–75) British Essayist, Historian
I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
—Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762) English Aristocrat, Poet, Novelist, Writer
Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
—Jimmy Buffett (b.1946) American Musician, Author
A thing to which a fool does not consent, know as the right thing.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.
—William Osler (1849–1919) Canadian Physician
If your strength is small, don’t carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don’t give advice.
—Chinese Proverb
When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don’t take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it, and if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it; if it fails, they generously give her the whole.
—Louisa May Alcott (1832–88) American Novelist
I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end.
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945) American Novelist
Never give advice unless asked.
—German Proverb
I’ve always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
—Lee Iacocca (1924–2019) American Businessperson
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
—Teresa of Avila (1515–82) Spanish Carmelite Nun, Mystic
We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.
—Sydney J. Harris (1917–86) American Essayist, Drama Critic
Advice is least heeded when most needed.
—English Proverb
The light that a man receiveth by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
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 (1561–1626) English Philosopher
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