Advice Quote by Arthur Helps

Giving advice to the fool is like sowing water in the ocean.

— Vikrant Parsai

Any fool can steer a ship, sir. Its just knowing where to take it.

— Philip Martin Brown

I've always been a very careful sailor. I know, me and being careful - doesn't really sound right, does it? But when I sail,…

— David Crosby

Sometimes its wise to be foolish.

— Dr Kurien S Thomas

Sometimes the very learned and clever can be brilliantly foolish, especially when seized by an apparently good cause.

— George Pell

“As a vessel is known by its sound whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches whether they be…

— Demosthenes

Any fool can carry on, but only the wise man knows how to shorten sail.

— Joseph Conrad

Giving advice is many times only the privilege of saying a foolish thing one's self, under the pretense of hindering another from doing one.

— Alexander Pope

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times…

— Pietro Metastasio

A widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than sensible.

— Bertrand Russell

The sensible person is always serious about sensible advice.

— Mak_786

Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.

— Joseph Conrad