Wise and Inspirational Words Collection

The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice. David Petraeus The reason people need advice on using social media is that they’re a much more complex and nuanced way to communicate than a conversation or email. Alexis Ohanian The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: ‘Do the dishes while you’re cooking.’ Lela Rose The worst piece of advice I’ve gotten in my whole career is from somebody who said, ‘Remember, it’s all about likeability.’ Clive Owen There is nothing more hateful than bad advice. Sophocles This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It’s all the tradition. Omar Sharif Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs. Richard M. Nixon We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain. Tom Stopp...

Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been people. George Will Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us. John C. Maxwell Quit now, you’ll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you’ll be halfway there. David Zucker Recently my publicist asked me for a college photo, and I realize how chubby I looked. I know this sounds totally shallow, but my advice is don’t fall prey to the freshmen fifteen! Cecily von Ziegesar So many organizations have a mentoring arm, but they don’t really do it. Their idea of mentoring a kid is giving them general advice. But what they need to do is read with children. Walter Dean Myers So there was a constant flow and a thin line there between reality and television and yes, much of what I was experiencing in my real life was also what was going on in the television show to the extent that I had to take writers’ advice and from the counselor...

My biggest advice for girls – and this is something that I wish I could have known when I was younger – is to have thick skin. It’s something that you definitely develop when you get older, but when I first started, I was so obsessed with pleasing everybody. I wanted everybody to like me and to like my songs. Kate Voegele My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up – and I’m that person for sure. Cheryl Strayed My Department has already recognised this and has been working specifically on the technical support issue since January and will offer advice to schools during the Autumn term. Estelle Morris My firm belief is that people who aspire to public service should have the best advice up front, as they decide whether to run and the people decide whether to support them. Christine Pelosi My first book was published...

Interestingly, young people don’t come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you. Meryl Streep It is easy to give advice from a port of safety. Friedrich Schiller It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one’s self. Francois de La Rochefoucauld It’s a question of why they come for your advice. Whatever I tell you, it doesn’t matter, it is completely irrelevant in a way. I know so many actors who were discouraged and put that aside. You will get half-baked opinions. Michael York It’s better to spend a lot on a getup you love than a fraction of that on something, or even five of those somethings, that you’ll never bother to take out of the shopping bag. By the way, this advice also applies to discount love interests. And half-price sushi. Patricia Marx It’s hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it’s very presumptuous. Vidal Sassoon It’s queer how rea...

I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice. Stellan Skarsgard I remember Tyra Banks giving me encouraging advice during my first Victoria’s Secret commercial shoot. I was so nervous, and she told me to just relax and be confident – that made me feel very comfortable. Adriana Lima I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs. Mark Pincus I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I’ve started to choose my own things from time to time. Rafael Nadal I think the advice, regardless of gender, is always be open to conversations with people who do things differently than you do. If you’re starting to work in tech, talk to the artists, talk to the lawyers, talk to the people who are interested in other things. Beth Simone Noveck I think there has to be greater heed paid by the Security Council members to military advice. Alex Morrison I treat people who write me the way my friends and I all ...

I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it’s much more important to be a reader than to be a writer! Linda Sue Park I can give substantive advice to the administration, the president’s campaign, or any campaign that would ask for it. And, of course, when I speak I can talk about my views on policy and I have been supportive of the president’s policy on leading foreign-policy issues. Dennis Ross I did have reconstructive plastic surgery and a tummy tuck. And from hip to hip, there’s a very big scar. It looks better than it did… So I say, if you don’t like that skin, have it removed. This is my advice: if you’re gonna do it – just go for it. Carnie Wilson I do not deal in any confidential information. What I do is provide advice. Stockwell Day I don’t have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to. Natalie Massenet I don’t have to do a lot to my eyebrows. My mom always told me ...

Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you. Charley Pride For the most part this is a place to find down-to-earth advice on everyday cooking, eating, food shopping, cooking equipment, and nice things to put on your table. Arthur Schwartz For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness. Terence Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts… you might not get advice to do them. Tom Selleck However, I think, first of all, that what’s happening in Sierra Leone is going to have the great influence on those governments who will be asked to provide forces to the Congo. Second, of course, the Security Council has no professional military advice organized in any way. Alex Morrison I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice. Lech Walesa I always have issues with trust. I’m a New Yorker… Really, I ...

Ask a woman’s advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you’re sure to be wise. Thomas More At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they’re designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler. Dennis Ritchie Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people. J. B. Priestley Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the wrong reasons – as a shortcut to fame and fortune. If these goals are not attained, they feel a bitter disappointment. Chris Sarandon But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I’ve followed or not followed, It’s landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain’t that far off. Eriq La Salle But the advice was not taken – Johnstone did emigrate to Canada, and did mortgage his pension...

A lot of people think I’m cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don’t want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction. Amber Tamblyn Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate. Patricia Ireland Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive. Carolyn Wells Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it’s done, keep sending it out for quite awhile. Rudy Rucker All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program. Mark Zuckerberg And that’s another piece of advice I’ll give junior writers; when you get to the point where they take you to lunch, let the editor suggest where to go. Jerry Pournelle As an actor, I was a fantastic rebel. Then I became a directorial rebel and understood rebels from both sides. So now I am a friend who gives advice – n...