Quotes about Advice

Succeed; that is the advice that falls, drop by drop, from the overhanging fruit of corruption.

Ladies, a second piece of advice--do not marry; marriage is a graft; it may take hold or not. Shun the risk.

I'm going to ask you to do something that may feel even more painful: when you get close to becoming engaged, put any public announcement on delay for a few weeks and spend several sessions talking through all these issues again with someone else present.

Oh, boys, don't be sentimental; it's bad for the digestion!

"Where should I apply Perfume?" a young lady asked. "Where you want to be kissed."

My athletes always follow my advice... unless it conflicts with what that they want to do.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

I casually advise a few young companies, and I'm always surprised when I see them overthinking simple problems, adding too much structure too early, and trying to get formal too soon. Start-ups should embrace their scrappiness, not rush to toss it aside.

When you are young, do not get involved in steady dating. When you reach an age where you think of marriage, then is the time to become so involved.

Michelle backstage, beautiful in white, squeezing my hand, gazing lovingly into my eyes, and telling me "Just don't screw it up, buddy!

Unless you're influenced by my uniqueness, I'm not going to be influenced by your advice. So if you want to be really effective in the habit of interpersonal communication, you cannot do it with technique alone. You have to build the skills of empathic listening on a base of character that inspires openness and trust. And you have to build the Emotional Bank Accounts that create a commerce between hearts.

To relate effectively with a wife, a husband, children, friends, or working associates, we must learn to listen. And this requires emotional strength. Listening involves patience, openness, and the desire to understand—highly developed qualities of character. It's so much easier to operate from a low emotional level and to give high-level advice.