Advice Quotes
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The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice.
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An old medical friend gave me some excellent practical advice. He said: "You will have for some time to go much oftener down steps than up steps. Never mind! win the good opinions of washerwomen and such like, and in time you will hear of their recommendations of you to the wealthier families by whom they are employed." I did so, and found it succeed as predicted.
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Whether you struggle to remember a client's name, aspire to learn a new language, or are a student battling to prepare for the next test, this book is a must. I know of no other source that pulls together so much of what we know about the science of memory and couples it with practical, practicable advice.
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Remember, PM is not here to give financial advice. Your interest in the programme may go down as well as up.
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Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then, start by copying them...just as an exercise. See if you can do similar things. Learn how to write a song like so and so. Then, when you've done that, write a song like yourself. Learn to color within the lines before going outside them.
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The best advice I ever got as an organizer was that if you can organize your family, you're a good organizer.
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I'm always advised and I follow that advice never to talk about security issues.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
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My mom gave me a good piece of advice. She said never marry a man thinking you can change him, and I think that starts from your first date when you're in the seventh grade onwards. Women are fixers so we have to just not fix. Don't fix.
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Any given generation gives the next generation advice that the given generation should have been given by the previous generation but now it's too late.
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I haven't looked to my peers for advice because we're all going through the same thing. How do you ask your friends for advice when they're going through the exact same thing?
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It's best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it's requested, and when it's a life threatening situation.
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An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice.
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A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble - to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of one's own judgment and self-worth to really listen and not be threatened by contrary advice.
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Sometimes I learn by someone giving me warnings and giving me advice about what to do next. And other times, a lot of times, I have to put my hand into the fire.
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In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness.
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If I ask for money, all I get is advice. But if I ask for advice, I end up getting money.
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My mentors in life are much older than me and have been through life. They can actually give me some sound advice on what I'm going through.
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People do ask me for advice for some reason. And I'll just kind of pose it back to them and let them answer on their own. I never like to give my advice 'cause I don't want them to come back and 'You were wrong! You ruined my life!' so it's more about 'Hey, this is what you just told me. What does that sound like to you?'
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A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need advice.
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My advice is: 1. Be judicious in the use of military force. 2. When military force is required, use overwhelming force. 3. Do not micromanage military leaders. 4. Ensure your battle plans will win the conflict and win the peace.
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Economists' advice is something like patent medicine - people know it is largely manufactured by quacks and that a good percentage of the time it won't work, but they continue to buy the brand whose flavor they like.
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Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to pare his wordy sentences: "When someone expends the least amount of motion on a given action, that's grace." The short story, by definition, embodies this notion of grace, because it requires such forceful compression to achieve its effects.
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Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
