Idea Book
Advice

A word to the wise ain't necessary.  It's the stupid ones who need the advice.  Bill Cosby

With nothing are we so generous as advice  La Rouchefoucauld

Advice is least heeded when most needed  English saying

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want, and then advise them to do it  Harry S Truman

Ask counsel of him who governs himself well  Leonardo da Vinci

Advice is generally judged by results, not by intentions  Cicero

If you can distinguish between good advice and bad advice, then you don't need advice  Van Roy's Second Law

Give not Advice without being Ask'd, and when desired, do it briefly  George Washington

There are few men who do not love better to give advice than to give assistance  Henry David Thoreau

Distrust interested advice  Aesop

Counsel is irksome when the Matter is past Remedy  Thomas Fuller

How can they advise, if they see but a Part?  Benjamin Franklin

We're all mighty unselfish when it comes t' handin' out advice we could use ourselves  Kin Hubbard

Beware of unsolicited advice  Akiba

People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes  Lady Blessington

When we are confronted with problems, the counsel of someone who has mastered similar problems can be a great help  Patanjali

If you want to get rid of somebody, just tell him something for his own good  Kin Hubbard