When offering helpful advice, make it a small helping.
— Unknown wise person
If you can separate good advice from bad advice, you really don't need any
advice.
— Unknown wise person
Advice is what you get when you're not going to get anything else.
— Unknown wise person
Giving good advice does not qualify as charity.
— Unknown wise person
A bit of advice: Say nothing often.
— Unknown wise person
Never give advice before you're asked - or after!
— Unknown wise person
Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe
for others.
— Unknown wise person
Too many people are anxious to give you advice when what you really need is help.
— Unknown wise person
Advice to the bridegroom: No matter how she treats you, always try to look a little hurt.
— Unknown wise person
It's extremely difficult to take advice from some people — they need it so much themselves.
— Unknown wise person
Some people never take advice from anybody; others take advice from everybody.
— Unknown wise person
We might be more eager to accept good advice if it did not continually interfere with our plans.
— Unknown wise person
Advice is like a laxative — easy to take but hard to predict the outcome.
— Unknown wise person
What good is good advice if you don't take it?
— Unknown wise person
Advice to some people: If you had your life to live over — don't do it!
— Unknown wise person
The most valuable advice you can get usually comes from one who is the
most reluctant to give it.
— Unknown wise person
The trouble with giving advice is that people want to repay you.
— Unknown wise person
Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand.
— Unknown wise person
Seldom does the one who really needs advice ask for it.
— Unknown wise person
The best advice is only as good as the use we make of it.
— Unknown wise person
An intelligent person not only knows how to take advice, but also how to reject it.
— Unknown wise person
No one gives advice with more enthusiasm than an ignorant person.
— Unknown wise person
We can give advice but we can't give the wisdom to profit by it.
— Unknown wise person
The fellow who tells you "frankly" what he would do if he were in your place probably doesn't know what
to do in his own place.
— Unknown wise person
Advice is never appreciated. If it turns out well, the recipient thinks it
was his own idea; and if it turns out badly, he eternally blames the giver.
— Unknown wise person
Advice is like medicine — the correct dosage works wonders, but an overdose can be dangerous.
— Unknown wise person
An advisory capacity is the only capacity in which some people are willing to serve.
— Unknown wise person
Advice is the one thing which is "more blessed to give than to receive."
— Unknown wise person
The better the advice, the harder it is to take.
— Unknown wise person
Be careful when you give advice — somebody might take it.
— Unknown wise person
"Be yourself" is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
— Unknown wise person
We naturally admire the wisdom and good judgment of those who come to us for advice.
— Unknown wise person
Giving advice to the poor is not the best form of charity.
— Unknown wise person
Some advice isn't worth the trouble of taking.
— Unknown wise person
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater man to accept it graciously.
— Unknown wise person
Most of us find it impossible to take advice from people who need it more than we do.
— Unknown wise person
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most like it least.
— Unknown wise person
Before you offer a man advice, be sure to find out what kind will suit him best.
— Unknown wise person
We don't mind if someone wants to give us advice; we only object if they insist we take it.
— Unknown wise person
Advice is that which the wise don't need and fools won't take.
— Unknown wise person
When a man gets too old to set a bad example, he usually starts giving good advice.
— Unknown wise person
Offering good advice may be noble and grand, but it's not the same as a helping hand.
— Unknown wise person
Most people, when they come to you for advice, want their opinions strengthened, not corrected.
— Unknown wise person
Always listen to the advice of others - it won't do you any harm, and it will make them feel better.
— Unknown wise person
In many instances the person who gives advice to another hasn't tried it himself and wishes to see it
tested so he can know whether or not it really works.
— Unknown wise person
The only time to give advice is when it is asked for - and then only in small doses.
— Unknown wise person
People sensible enough to give good advice are also sensible enough not to.
— Unknown wise person
The best advice you will get is from someone who made the same mistake himself.
— Unknown wise person
Anybody who has to ask for advice probably doesn't have any close relatives.
— Unknown wise person
Most people find that running a business is no trouble at all - as long as it's the other fellow's.
— Unknown wise person
Many a man's idea of charity is to give advice to others that he can't use himself.
— Unknown wise person
No one is more confusing than the fellow who gives good advice while setting a bad example.
— Unknown wise person
When a man won't listen to his conscience, it's usually because he doesn't want advice from a
stranger.
— Unknown wise person
A bad cold wouldn't be so annoying if it weren't for the advice of your friends.
— Unknown wise person
Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.
— Unknown wise person
A good example has twice the value of good advice.
— Unknown wise person
What can't be done by advice can often be done by example.
— Unknown wise person
Giving advice to the poor is about as close to charity as some people get.
— Unknown wise person
What the world wants is not advice but examples. Any fool can talk.
— Unknown wise person
A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice.
— Unknown wise person
People take your example far more seriously than they take your advice.
— Unknown wise person
If you want people to notice your faults, start giving advice.
— Unknown wise person
The best way to lose a friend is to tell him something for his own good.
— Unknown wise person
The best thing one friend can do for another is to refrain from giving advice.
— Unknown wise person
One form of generosity that can lead to trouble consists in giving others a piece of your mind.
— Unknown wise person
About all some people are giving these days is advice.
— Unknown wise person
Juvenile delinquency would disappear if kids followed their parent's advice instead of their
examples.
— Unknown wise person
A juvenile delinquent usually prefers vice to advice.
— Unknown wise person
The worst thing about growing old is having to listen to a lot of advice from one's children.
— Unknown wise person
Old age is that period when a man is too old to take advice but young enough to give it.
— Unknown wise person
The only way a man can attain perfection is to follow the advice he gives to others.
— Unknown wise person
Commencement speaker in Michigan: "My advice to young people who are going out in the world today -
don't go!"
— Unknown wise person
Free advice to public speakers: When you're done pumping, let loose of the handle.
— Unknown wise person
Many people would have been a tremendous success long ago if they had used the advice they gave to
others.
— Unknown wise person
