Counsel Quotes · Page 3

Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear

— Edgar Guest

Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.

— Warren G. Bennis

When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.

— William Shakespeare

Counsel in trouble gives small comfort when help is past remedy.

— Xenocrates

He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.

— Umar

“It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.

— Daniel Craig

No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.

— Jonathan Swift

“Some people would have killed themselves and/or someone else if they were single; and some people would not have done that.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“10Wisdom opens your heart to receive wise counsel, But pride closes your ears to advice, And gives birth to only quarrels and…

— Brian Simmons

“Organizing one's life to respond to a threat one felt powerless about as a child can be a source of enormous inspiration.”

— Linda Austin

As a husband, father and public servant, I'm thankful for the counsel and wisdom of my older brothers - Bill, who was…

— Denis McDonough

Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and…

— David Josiah Brewer

My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the later cases considering I was younger then…

— Floyd Abrams

Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.

— Seneca the Younger

What the world needs now is less handwashing and more foot washing. (The problem with the world is that there is too…

— OMAR J CALLEJA

Every single thing that you learn really just gives you more comfort. It's something I counsel kids all the time: if someone…

— Chris Hadfield

The best counsel for us to give young people is that they can arrive back to Heavenly Father only as they are…

— Henry B. Eyring

“to establish the active dynamic, indicate that you’ll sign the complaint, point out evidence and witnesses known to you…and then stop. Be…

— Massad Ayoob

“Having a kid was like having a drunken mess of a friend who could never hang on to a girl: they required…

— Edward W. Robertson

I cannot imagine any situation in America where the accused cannot have counsel and call their own witnesses. I have fought in…

— Michael Waltz

Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never…

— Colin Powell

I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students,…

— Viet D. Dinh

The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The…

— Sun Tzu

It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good.

— Jules Verne

Stories are told not to preach or counsel people but to reflect the dilemmas of our time.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

— Walter Benjamin

We are only as rich as the things we can do without and the godly power working within us.

— Omar J Calleja

My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it.

— William Kidd

The counsel of the dead is not profitable to the living.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

A wise man seeks much counsel...a fool listens to all of it.

— Larry Burkett

Where's the man who counsel can bestow, still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know.

— Alexander Pope

You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.

— Harry Belafonte

I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel;”

— Richard Colgan

Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.

— Thiruvalluvar

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Angele had her reservations but kept her own counsel.”

— Basil Copper

I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do.

— Gary Johnson

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

— Bible