Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

No one wants advice, only corroboration..

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

People ask ... for criticism, but they only want praise.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own..

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

At the beginning, I thought, 'Oh, I can't criticize a singer who's doing a role that I adored... even a role I didn't do.' And then I thought, 'The heck with that! Thirty years of experience... ask the girl who did it!' And I feel that if they're not willing to take what I have to say, that's fine! But I'm going to say it.

There are a lot of people who give you their opinions on what to do.

Even as a pro, I still get a lot of advice from friends and family, like 'maybe you should shoot the ball more often,' 'you have to look for yourself more' and other things like that.

Don't take my criticisms as iron-clad rules but more as suggestions.

Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.

We give nothing so freely as advice.

I am of use to the younger artists through the advice and criticism which I give them.

Wisdom had rather be buffeted than not listened to.

I never take advice, good or bad. That would only encourage more of it.

If you say what you think don't expect to hear only what you like.

There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people. The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.

One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.

Listen to the criticisms and preferences of your trusted "first readers".

When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.

It's not easy that everything you do, everybody has to come in and critique it and give their opinion. Sometimes it does help me and sometimes it hurts me as a person. That's life. I have feelings.