Counsel Quotes

337 quotes by 242 authors

There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices. But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one… — Alan Paton
If our legal counsel, Bob Rutherford, works for Satan, Satan should buy Bob a better toupee. — Christina Dodd
It is both revealing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book and mingle with the… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best. — Lord Chesterfield
He told me not to seek revenge, but to seek the Buddha,' said the fox spirit, sadly. 'Wise counsel,' said the fox of dreams. 'Vegeance… — Neil Gaiman
Friends you will have need of, for in you two worlds meet. There is no one on both sides with you, so you must learn… — Robin McKinley
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until… — Winston Churchill
The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel. I broke something, Old Man. How badly is it broken? It's in a million little… — James Frey
This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. — Isaac Newton
Shutup, lapdog, this isnâ€™t your fight, either. Boy, you better counsel that tongue before you find yourself without it. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night, So stumblest on my counsel? *Who are you? Why do you hide in the darkness and… — William Shakespeare
Anxiously you ask, 'Is there a way to safety? Can someone guide me? Is there an escape from threatened destruction?' The answer is a resounding… — Thomas S. Monson
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated. — Ambrose Bierce
For Isildur would not surrender it to Elrond and CÃrdan who stood by. They counselled him to cast it into the fire of Orodruin night… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Only lies offend me, never honest counsel. — George R. R. Martin
A cold realisation washed over me. From now on, my master would not always be there to protect and counsel me. 'This is big. Too… — Alison Goodman
I think it had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception till he took… — Joseph Conrad
We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The fairy tale, which to this day is the first tutor of children because it was once the first tutor of mankind, secretly lives on… — Walter Benjamin
I find it much easier to counsel than to be counseled, to reach out to a friend in my small group who is feeling insercure… — Larry Crabb

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