Advice Quotes

Wisdom bought with a tremendous price, Jane. You know what William and I suffered. I suppose the benefit to our tumultuous courtship was the trial-by-fire aspect of it all.We learned our lessons via grievous methods, but we did learn them.

~ Sharon Lathan

Those who believe they know it all should not fret when they ultimately realize they do not, for when there is nothing left to learn what challenges remain.

~ Matt Marlin

He wanted to start from the top while he knew nothing of the beginning and that was why he was always swimming at the bottom. He liked to think he was an entrepreneur and was even on Dragon’s Den with the silliest invention ever: a machine to scratch his back. Why don’t you just reach out, you lazy twit?

~ Luella Christie

Using the word chic while insulting someone doesn’t make it okay.

~ Luella Christie

A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savour of it.

~ W.k. Marriott

Those who believe everything they read probably should refrain from reading.

~ Matt

Correct the blunders on your face made through self-delusion – this would be far more fitting than to want to teach me, which is just as if a sow trying to teach Minerva.

~ Luella Christie

Story should be a descent -- the feeling that there is an intense gravity to the narrative that draws you down, down, down.

~ Chuck Wendig

Never let the story beat you home.

~ Deondriea Cantrice

Love someone because their soul inspires you, not because you’re interested in the relief from loneliness and companionship they can provide. Anybody can do that. Not just anybody can show you to yourself.

~ Brianna Wiest

People will come and go as they are scheduled to. Let them. Holding on does not affect them, only you.

~ Brianna Wiest

Today may be your last chance to be you, someone you forgot to completely immerse yourself in because you were too worried about the details. The details that, no matter how many times you thought them through, brought you no closer to understanding. They just tied up your mind and prevented you from really letting in the things you love. Your demon that is standing before the beautiful floodgate and is keeping you in a dehydrated nothingness.Give him permission to walk away. He is not your keeper. You are his.

~ Brianna Wiest

The key to finding happiness in this life is realizing that the only way to overcome is to transcend; to find happiness in the simple pleasures, to master the art of just being.

~ Brianna Wiest

You will never find the perfect person but you might be lucky enough to find someone who wants to be.

~ J.s.b. Morse

Holding on will not make something come back. In my experience, it actually pushes it farther away. You cannot go back and undo what’s done, my friends. You can only move forward. And if your deepest compulsions and instincts tell you that you’re meant to be with that person or doing that thing, you should let go and move forth and see how life takes you there. Clearly, things aren’t going according to your desired plan already, so why not throw caution to the wind and see where you end up.

~ Brianna Wiest

Nothing is more ridiculous than one person telling another how to live.

~ Marty Rubin

Let's go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.

~ Steve Jobs

It’s not about getting over things, it’s about making room for them. It’s about painting the picture with contrast.

~ Brianna Wiest

You will become who you are after you have been lost and recovered time and time again– you will turn up without pieces that needed to be shredded and with new discoveries that will give you a stepping stone to move forward on.

~ Brianna Wiest

Everything that happens to you is meticulously planned and has great significance. You need to regain your faith in the fact that there is a greater plan at hand, always. This does not mean that your life will be free of pain or trial, it simply means that which you go through you will also leave with something greater than when you started. Look for what you should take, and let go of what it takes from you.

~ Brianna Wiest

We must be able to look under the surface rather than over-analyze it and delude ourselves into thinking we’re seeing beneath it.

~ Brianna Wiest

Whatever anyone does,/ anyone says, in the/ past, now, everything, let/ it bounce off the rock/ of yr gladness (yr mirror)

~ Jack Kerouac

I'll let you in on a secret ...How to avoid taking a wrong turn. I speak from experience. Don't blame the world around you. The world is very much larger ...than you realize. Large enough to embrace all of you.

~ Yellow Tanabe

If you think someone is humble, never tell them so. You will unknowingly rob them of the very thing you admire.

~ Christy Hall

Your mission isn't your guide. You have to find your own way.

~ Yellow Tanabe

Sometimes you have to walk out on a limb, knowing you could fall thirty feet to the hard ground, just to see if that apple on the edge is worth the risk like you think it is.”“And what if it’s not?”“Then you get up, dust yourself off, and keep walking til you find the next tree.

~ Kandi Steiner

You should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. Put something away in case of an emergency. New neighbors will bring good cheer. A small problem may occur at home base, but you will solve it quickly and correctly. Don’t offer smart advice unless you are really asked to comment.

~ Vikas Swarup

Advice is the easiest thing to give and often the hardest thing to receive. When you need it, and others are willing to give it, take as much as you can. When you receive it, appreciate it, use it, and apply what works for your situation….

~ James A. Murphy

Life became more aligned when I started taking some of the advice I'd been dishing out to my friends.

~ Paula Heller Garland

The least successful athletes, those who have never won any victories, suddenly call themselves trainers.

~ J.c. Mckeown

Don't I always tell you to never listen to me?

~ Sean Kennedy

Be what you are.

~ Henry P. Mahone

My final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to the speculative physics ideas of my generation. After all, if my generation has any really good speculative ideas, we will be carrying these ideas out ourselves.

~ Martin L. Perl

Let me give you a bit of advice.' the girl said bitterly, 'from one working girl to another; life isn't easy, no matter where you are. You'll make choices you think are right and then suffer for them.' Those remarkable eyes flickered. 'So if you're going to be miserable, you might as well go to Antica and be miserable in the shadow of the Torre Cesme.

~ Sarah J. Maas

Don't let feeling lonely push you into the arms of a person who will make you miserable.

~ Stephan Labossiere

Be careful who you call crazy. Some of us think it's a compliment.

~ Marilynn Dawson

Don't go to the circus.

~ Angie Sage

Never refuse any who ask you for help; if your pockets are empty, give them hope. Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same.

~ Immaculée Ilibagiza

When you start something, make sure that you're willing to take the time to finish it right because, honey, the work you put into it will be more than worth it in the end. The best things always are.

~ C.m. Stunich

Don't let the belief that nobody will love you, keep you in a relationship where you aren't getting the love you need.

~ Stephan Labossiere