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title: "6 Advice Giver Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Advice Giver quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Advice Giver sayings and thoughts."
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> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/my-concept-of-an-advice-giver-had-been-a-therapist-or-a-know-it-all/)

[Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65b/cheryl-strayed-605_advice_my-concept-of-an-advice-giver-had-been-a_317876.png)

> [Well, people can get advice almost anywhere, but they can't find a companion almost anywhere. And far more than being an advice-giver…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/delilah/well-people-can-get-advice-almost-anywhere-but-they-can-t-find-a/)

[Delilah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/delilah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/delilah-14971_advice_well-people-can-get-advice-almost-anywhe_1138749.jpg)

> [“Not everyone who eats imagines herself a dietician, but nearly everyone who has loved -- which is nearly everyone -- presumes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mandy-len-catron/not-everyone-who-eats-imagines-herself-a-dietician-but-nearly/)

[Mandy Len Catron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mandy-len-catron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/mandy-len-catron-39082_quote_not-everyone-who-eats-imagines-herself-a_1569868.jpg)

> [“Horrible the fate of the advice-giver in our culture: to repeat oneself in a thousand contexts until death, or irrelevance. \* I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bidart/horrible-the-fate-of-the-advice-giver-in-our-culture-to-repeat/)

[Frank Bidart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bidart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/frank-bidart-22869_advice_horrible-the-fate-of-the-advice-giver-in_1605199.png)

> [I'm not a very good advice-giver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliana-hatfield/i-m-not-a-very-good-advice-giver/)

[Juliana Hatfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliana-hatfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/juliana-hatfield-3622_advice_i-m-not-a-very-good-advice-giver-2892227_2892227.png)

> [The best advice-giver in my family definitely has to be my mom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-horford/the-best-advice-giver-in-my-family-definitely-has-to-be-my-mom/)

[Al Horford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-horford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/al-horford-5646_best_the-best-advice-giver-in-my-family-defin_2993303.jpg)

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