“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
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“Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.”
Source: Selected Writings: 1935-1938
Source: Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
“A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.”
“We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.”
“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”
“Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.”
“The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.”
Source: John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth
Source: Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)
“The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.”
“Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.”
“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavour to understand him.”
“My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.”
“It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.”
“Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.”
Source: Minima Moralia
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
“I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.”
Source: The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. ; with Glossarial Notes
“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”
“Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.”
“In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.”
“Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.”