Favorite Quotations ~  Advice, 2 The Mirror: Advice

"Whatever your advice, make it brief." ~ Horace

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A word to the wise ain't necessary. It's the stupid ones who need the advice. ~ Bill Cosby

If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of ten times. ~ Anselm Feuerbach

He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person. ~ Mark Twain

Advice is like castor oil; easy enough to give, but dreadful uneasy to take. ~ Josh Billings

Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow. ~ Jawaharlal Nehru

I don't mind how much my ministers talk as long as they do what I say. ~ Margaret Thatcher

I want to share something with you: three little sentences that'll get you through with life. 1. Cover for me. 2. Oh, good idea, boss. 3. It was like this when I got here. ~ Homer J. Simpson

Don’t give me advice, give me money. ~ Spanish Proverb

Work as if you were to live 100 years, Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. ~ Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, 1737

Don’t give advice unless you’re asked. ~ Amy Alcott

Don't hurry, don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers. ~ Walter Hagen, NY Times, 1977

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply the light and not heat. ~ Woodrow Wilson, Speech, 1916

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