Counsel Quotes

337 quotes by 242 authors

I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness… — Thucydides
When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see. — Baltasar Gracian
We are met today in a general conference. Sometimes, I hear, the people feel, some of them, that perhaps we are not quite as "peppy"… — J. Reuben Clark
The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener… — Samuel Johnson
. . . just as God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, as we become more like Him, neither can we.… — Neal A. Maxwell
A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling… — Confucius
The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. — Hesiod
Diversity in counsel, unity in command. — Cyrus the Great
Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel. — Donna Woolfolk Cross
That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor… — Hesiod
In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray. — Hesiod
You must act in the face of reality, never taking counsel of you own worst fears. — Sandy Woodward
Where others fear trade and economic growth, we see opportunities for creating new wealth and undreamed-of opportunities for millions in our own land and beyond.… — Ronald Reagan
For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger. — Pericles
If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things; first, they will be more careful to keep thy… — Walter Raleigh
Acquire and store a reserve of food and supplies that will sustain life. ... As long as I can remember, we have been taught to… — L. Tom Perry
From the standpoint of food production, storage, handling, and the Lordâ€™s counsel, wheat should have high priority. Water, of course, is essential. Other basics could… — Ezra Taft Benson
Revelation need not all come at once. It may be incremental. 'Saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon… — Russell M. Nelson
God offers us counsel not just for our own safety but for the safety of His other children, whom we should love. There are few… — Henry B. Eyring
I too believe that God will always make a way where there is no way. I believe that if we will walk in obedience to… — Gordon B. Hinckley

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