Get a friend to tell you your faults, or better still, welcome an enemy who will watch you keenly and sting you savagely. What a blessing such an irritating critic will be to a wise man, what an intolerable nuisance to a fool!
The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else.
I always advise people never to give advice.
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man.
Good advice is rarer than rubies.
The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly.
If you're considering going into student debt, I encourage you to seek the Lord's will through the reading and study of His Word, prayer, and the wise counsel of others before you make the decision to take out a loan.
A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.
If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs,follow that wise man ; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him.
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say little.
Scoffing cometh not of wisdom.
I was lucky. A lot of people have that. People that don't tell you what you want to hear, but what's best for you. I was blessed with great friends. I was always blessed that way. My dad always kept good people around me. I just got lucky. Because of the spotlight you're in, people are scared to tell you otherwise.
The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.
Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times
When I want to think about what would be the right thing to do, the fair thing to do, the wise thing to do, I can just think of my grandmother. I can always hear her say, "Now sister, you know what's right. Just do right!"
When the remedy you have offered only increases the disease, then leave him who will not be cured, and tell your story to someone who seeks the truth.
Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.
I’ve learned the most from Randy Harrison. Because of his fantastic imaginary world filled with bizarre friends. He is constantly giving us good advice.
Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.
Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
