"If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully."
Advice quotes
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"Brevity is the soul of lingerie."
"The only advice ... that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions."
"If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient."
"Never complain and never explain."
"I may have more money than you, but money doesn't make the difference. If there is any difference between you and me, it may simply be that I get up and have a chance to do what I love to do, every day. If you learn anything from me, this is the best advice I can give you."
"If I had to give you one piece of advice it would be this: don't be intimidated by other people's opinions."
"Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?"
"It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer."
"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."
"Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly."
"Your worst mistakes is actually your best advice."
"To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice."
"Better late than never but never late is better. They tell me time is money well we'll spend it together."
"Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut."
"My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.'"
"Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it."
"The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there."
"Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense."
"Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!"
"To the young: Work, work, work, and then work some more!"