Advice Quote by Lord Chesterfield Download Open image “When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise.” — Lord Chesterfield ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Advice
Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The man who seeks your advice too often is probably looking for praise rather than information. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
When a man asks your advice, he usually tells you just how he expects you to decide. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I lay very little stress either upon asking or giving advice. Generally speaking, they who ask advice know what they wish to do, and… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions… Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
No woman ever yet either reasoned or acted long together consequentially; but some little thing, some love, some resentment, somepresent momentary interest, some supposed… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Secret thoughts and an open countenance will take you safely the world over” — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster:… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I ask for tips, for advice. What I have also learnt is that I need to do things that are good for me. In… — Matthijs de Ligt Copy Share Image
Don't get too attached to someone you know you can't be together with. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I was in my twenties and just so sexually prolific, the first time I went to Machu Picchu, this guy, a spiritual teacher,… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
The best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Time is priceless. You have it, but you don't own it. You spend it, but you can't keep it. And once it's gone, there's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You don't need to take a persons advice to make him feel good, just ask him for it. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
Some of the things that we hold onto the most, are the things that we need to let go of. — Ryaj Ablando Catayas Copy Share Image
“If your clothes are enough to drive would-be friends away, they're not the kind of friends you want." Typical mother advice. Sweet, honest, and… — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
I always advise people not to act upon the advice that I give them. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
[A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
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