“Advice is a peculiar commodity. Those who have the capacity to give good advice generally have too much sense to waste their time trying to get rid of it.” GivingTryingToo MuchAdviceWasteCapacityPeculiarCommodityGood Advice Author:William H. McMaster
“Giving free advice is a sad waste of effort. In the first place, no man will act upon it unless he is already inclined to do so. Secondly, when a man lays his case before you, the idea that he is asking your advice is a polite fabrication. He merely is suggesting that he is doing so, while as a fact his real object is to acquaint you with his personal activity. He wants to talk to somebody, being a natural gossip or gadder, and he plays upon your propensity for "giving advice" in order to get an audience.” MenWantGivingFirstsIdeasRealPlayFactsOrderNaturalEffortCasesAudienceAdviceObjectsActivityWasteAskingLaysGossipPoliteSuggestingPropensityGiving AdviceFabricationFree AdviceWaste Of Effort Author:William H. McMaster
“Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.” IfsLongEndsSometimesRememberForgetRaceBehindsAdviceSucceedWasteInsultComplimentDon't Waste Your TimeSunscreenCompliments YouWear Sunscreen Book:The Best of Mary Schmich: Selected Writings by the Chicago Tribune's Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary Source: The Best of Mary Schmich: Selected Writings by the Chicago Tribune's Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
“It's easy to get on to something like alcohol or drugs so my advice to musicians is don't lose your perspective because you will waste time in terms of years.” YearsEasyTermLosesAdvicePerspectiveDrugWasteMusicianAlcoholWasting TimeEasy To Get Author:Joe Walsh
“Everybody's playing the game but nobody's rules are the same... Never make a promise or plan. Take a little love where you can... Never stay too long in your bed. Never lose your heart, use your head... Never take a stranger's advice. Never let a friend fool you twice... Never be the first to believe. Never be the last to deceive... Never leave a moment too soon. Never waste a hot afternoon... Never stay a minute too long. Don't forget the best will go wrong... Better learn to go it alone. Recognise you're out on your own. Nobody's on nobody's side.” FirstsBelieveHeartLittlesLongMomentsUseLastsGamesSidesLosesForgetPlansMinutesAdviceFoolPromiseBedWasteHotStrangerAfternoonDeceivingRecogniseLittle LoveRecognise YouHot Afternoon Author:Tim Rice
“Avoid providing material for the drama that is always stretched tight between parents and children; it uses up much of the children’s strength and wastes the love of the elders, which acts and warms even if it doesn’t comprehend. Don’t ask for advice from them and don’t expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is strength and blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” IfsBelieveChildrenUseAsksWishParentUnderstandingStepsAdviceMaterialsDramaBlessingWasteParentingUnconditional LoveHave FaithProvidingEldersInheritanceUnconditionalChildren And Parents Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“I said, "I don't think I can give you that kind of emotion." And he [Hitchcock] sat there and said, "Ingrid, fake it!" Well, that was the best advice I've had in my whole life, because in all the years to come there were many directors who gave me what I thought were quite impossible instructions and many difficult things to do, and just when I was on the verge of starting to argue with them, I heard his voice coming to me through the air saying, "Ingrid, fake it!" It saved a lot of unpleasant situations and waste of time.” ThinkingGivingYearsWellsKindSaidI CanWholeDifficultVoiceEmotionSituationImpossibleHeardAirAdviceDirectorsWasteStartingArguingSavedWhole LifeFakeThings To DoSatWasting TimeInstructionDifficult ThingsVergeBest AdviceHitchcock Author:Ingrid Bergman
“A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.” MayHappinessEnergyWishGoalNiceAchieveAdviceNeededWasteAchievementUniqueOppositesNotesDisappointmentEnvyHappyUniquenessCautionSetting GoalsDisappointingAchieving Goals Author:Marcus Buckingham
“My advice: Don't waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your hands on in the world.” WorldHandsWorryAdviceWasteSkinsWeight Author:Meryl Streep
“As long as you live, it is never too late to make amends. Take my advice, child. Don't waste your precious life with regrets and sorrow. Find a way to make right what was wrong, and then move on.” WayChildrenLongMovingAdviceRegretSorrowWasteLateToo LateNever Too LateAmendsPrecious Life Author:Karen Hesse