“In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.”
Solón (-638–-558 BC) Athenian legislator
Eleven important sayings
“In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.”
Solón (-638–-558 BC) Athenian legislator
“My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.”
Judy Blume (1938) American children's writer
“Nothing is given so profusely as advice.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
On ne donne rien si libéralement que ses conseils.
Maxim 110.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.”
George S. Clason book The Richest Man in Babylon
Source: The Richest Man in Babylon
Cass Elliot (1941–1974) American singer
As quoted in "Twenty Questions for Mama Cass" by Frederick Todd in American Girl magazine (June 1970)
Context: My advice is precisely the advice my mother gave me. If you believe you have talent, the next thing you must have is determination. If you keep working, keep striving, and try always to move forward a little bit with every job you do, you’ll eventually make it. And I believe that!
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura, in Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 89, Number 260
Sunni Hadith
“Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.”
R.L. Stine book The Haunted Mask II
Source: The Haunted Mask II
David Manners (1900–1998) Canadian-born American actor
Interview with David Manners, Scarlet Street #26 (1997)
Katharine Whitehorn (1928) British writer
<span title="New York Public Library card required, can be requested online at http://nypl.org">"The Ten-Hour Week is Here to Stay,"</span> http://search.proquest.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/hnpguardianobserver/docview/476248113/fulltextPDF/2EA0FBE19E60470DPQ/1 from The Observer (London, January 19, 1975 http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/guardian/doc/476248113.html)