Advice Quotations

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.


Where no counsel is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety. ~Bible


Consult. To seek another's approval of a course already decided on. ~Ambrose Bierce

Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take. ~Josh Billings


Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected. ~Josh Billings


The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is. ~ Phillips Brooks


I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine. ~Josh Billings


There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. ~ Francis Bacon


The worst men often give the best advice. ~ Philip James Bailey


Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one. ~ Ivern Ball


Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom. ~ Walter Benjamin


A fool think he needs no advice, but a wise man listens to others. ~ Bible


Sometimes I give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. ~ Mary Wortley Montagu


A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. ~ Edgar Watson Howe


Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~ Cicero



Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. ~ Erica Jong


Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. ~ Gordon R. Dickson


When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. ~ Henry Wheeler Shaw


It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. ~William Shakespeare



The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. ~ Hannah Whitall Smith


Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
~ Lord Chesterfield


Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor. ~ John Churton Collins


To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. ~ John Churton Collins


In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend. ~ Solon



We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.

Success Motivator III

When two men in a business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

The most important thing about a man is what he believes in the depth of his being. This is the thing that makes him what he is, the thing that organizes him and feeds him; the thing that keeps him going in the face of untoward circumstances; the thing that gives him resistance and drive. ~ Hugh Stevenson Tigner

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr

I was not a winner when I first came out on tour. I had to develop a trust in myself that I had the ability to win. ~ Thomas J. Watson

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like the sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation. ~ Sir Walter Scott

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they are expected to do -- they always reach. ~ Lee Iacocca

No great thing is created suddenly. ~ Epictetus

Be a good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. ~ Helen Keller

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~ Chinese proverb

Far away there is the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they may lead. ~ Louisa May Alcott

Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. ~ Ken Hakuta

Act quickly and think slowly. ~ Greek proverb

Success is not so much achievement as achieving. Refuse to join the cautious crowd that plays not to lose; play to win. ~ David J. Mahoney

Before everything else, getting success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius. ~ An Wang

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got. ~ Walter Cronkite

Every man is the architect of his own fortune. ~ Appius Claudius

If you dream it, you can do it. ~ Walt Disney

Nothing splendid had ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. ~ Bruce Barton

It is not enough to aim; you must hit. ~ Italian proverb

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. ~ Robert Half

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. ~ Charles de Gaulle

In the performance of a good action, a man not only benefits himself, but he confers a blessing upon others. ~ Sir Philip Sidney

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ~ Vince Lombardi

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. ~ Francois de la Rochefoucauld

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. ~ Special Olympics motto



Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.

Success Motivator II

Reach where you cannot.

There is no upper limit to what individuals are capable of doing with their minds. There is no age limit that bars them from beginning. There is no obstacle that cannot be overcome if they persist and believe. ~ H. G. Wells

Continuous efforts-- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our potential. ~ Winston Churchill

Future Favors the bold. ~ Virgil

Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. ~ George S. Patton

Do it big or stay in bed. ~ Larry Kelly

There is one thing stronger than all the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. ~ Victor Hugo

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. ~ Arthur C. Clarke

How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it. ~ Jim Valvano

I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeeded because I keep going, and going, and going. ~ Sylvester Stallone

To do an evil action is base; to do a good action, without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything. ~ Plutarch

No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to their perseverance. ~ Ramana Maharishi

The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke of impossibility. ~ Charles F. Kettering

Great hopes make great men. ~ Thomas Fuller

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. ~ Charles Mingus

The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow. ~ William J.H. Boetcker

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ~ Washington Irving

The sure way to miss success is to miss the opportunity. ~ Victor Chasles

Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration. ~ Thomas Edison

An idea is salvation by imagination. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your opportunities. And be a member of the team. ~ Benjamin F. Fairless

The secret of success is constancy of purpose. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions forms habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. ~ Tyron Edwards

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ~ Elmer Letterman

No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking. ~ Voltaire

If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunites as you go. ~ John B. Gough



Success comes before work only in the dictionary.

Success Motivator I

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

It is no use for one to stand in the shade and complain that the sun does not shine upon him. He must come out resolutely on the hot and dusty field where all are compelled to antagonize with stubborn difficulties, and pertinaciously strive until he conquers, if he would derserve to be crowned. ~ E.L Magoon


When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters -- one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity. ~ Saul David Alinsky


The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. ~ Vince Lombardi


To fly, we have to have resistance. ~ Maya Lin


The price of greatness is responsibility. ~ Winston Churnchill


Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. ~ Horace


Progress always involve risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. ~ Fredick Wilcox


The secret joy in work is contained in one word -- excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. ~ Pearl Buck


Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. ~ Bernadette Devlin


Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ~ Demosthenes


I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright


You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. ~ James A. Froude


Nature gave men two ends -- one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most. ~ George R. Kirkpatrick


Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T.S Eliot

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish. ~ Ovid


Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes


The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt


The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


It's kind of fun to do the impossible. ~ Walt Disney


One of the rarest things a man ever does is to do the best he can. ~ Henry Wheeler Shaw


The wisest person is not the one who has the fewest failures, but the one who turns failures to best account. ~ Richard R. Grant


If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves. ~ Thomas Edison


Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity. ~ B. C. Forbes


The journey of a thousand leagues begins from beneath your feet. ~ Lao Tze


Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. ~ Swami Sivananda


If man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.



The glory of success is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.