Blaise Pascal Quotes

Get advice, then make your own decision.

My view is, the most important thing as prime minister is trying to make the right judgments. In order to make good judgments, you need good advice; you need good principles, and you need a clear head, and you need to have a sense of equilibrium.

I had often joked in my speeches that I had imaginary conversations with Mrs. Roosevelt to solicit her advice on a range of subjects. It's actually a useful mental exercise to help analyze problems, provided you choose the right person to visualize. Eleanor Roosevelt was ideal.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

Take good advice, make sure it is good advice, then do it your way.

I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.

I know what I don't know. I would seek out, as I have, the best advice that exists. I won't get my information from the shows.

Finally, you're right about one point, your entire way of thinking is predicted by what you're immersed in so you know you won't make a bad decision. You can make a bad decision but it's still in the good sphere normally if you work well. You're prepared to face a crew who wants to know everything and poses a hundred questions a minute, because you know you have good reflexes and can respond very quickly.

Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road.

My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'

I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.

I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.

When we are in the grasp of illusion - or, for that matter, whenever we have a new idea - instead of searching for ways to prove our ideas wrong, we usually attempt to prove them correct. Psychologists call this the confirmation bias, and it presents a major impediment of our ability to break free from the misinterpretation of randomness.

I think we have to choose, what are the issues that really matter? We have to trust that.

You should just evaluate the work and make your judgments accordingly. That's the way you do it in life and every other subject.

I've had good publishers and bad publishers, and you've got to learn when the advice is sensible and when it's not.

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders.

To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.

You have to be careful of the advice you take.

Who are the people, for example, to whom you go for advice? Not to the hard, practical ones who can tell you exactly what to do, but to the listeners; that is, the kindest, least censorious, least bossy people you know. It is because by pouring out your problem to them, you then know what to do about it yourself.

If we can accept whatever hand we've been dealt - no matter how unwelcome - the way to proceed eventually becomes clear.

Remember my strong advice; just remember to always think twice.

. . . if you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice.

But I don't think people take bad advice. They've got intuition too, you know. In fact I'd be surprised if they take any advice at all.

You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion.