Heeding Advice Quotes

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.

You see, Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do. That fellow will be the death of us once he's up, I shouldn't wonder. But that doesn't let us off following the signs. - The Silver Chair

Do what you're told, and everything will be all right.

If we could only use other folks' experience, this here world would be heaven in about three generations, but we're so constructed that we never believe fire'll burn till we poke our own fingers into it to see. Other folks' scars don't go no ways at all toward convincin' us.

Paying more heed to the lessons of the past might teach us to be a little more cautious about some of the political decisions taken today.

You can always give advice. Whether it's listened to is more doubtful.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.

You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.

I was never good at taking instructions.

Critical in this process of wisdom being passed down is that you also need to take it in; you need to listen to it.