66 Good Advice Quotes To Learn From

What is a good advice quote? Here are inspirational advice quotes to learn lessons about life, success, and how to relate with people.

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Good advice quotes

1. “The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.” Oscar Wilde

2. “It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.: Winston Churchill

3. “To try and find out the reason for everything is very dangerous and leads to nothing but disappointment.” Queen Victoria

4. “It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.” Oscar Wilde

5. “Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.” Benjamin Disraeli

6. “If you don’t raise your eyes, you’ll think you’re at the highest point.” Antonio Porchia

7. We should all learn to take things easily-other people’s things.” Harry Graham

8. “Everybody should wear contact lenses, whether they need them or not.” Morrissey

9. “Never let your schooling interfere with your education.” Leonard Levinson

10. “Don’t worry about the world ending today-it’s already tomorrow in Australia.” Steven Wright

11. “The only way to be absolutely safe is never to try anything for the first time.” Magnus Pyke

12. “Before criticizing your wife’s faults, pause to consider they might have prevented her from marrying someone better than you.” Hal Roach

13. “Don’t tell your friends their faults. After they cure them, they’ll never forgive you.” Logan Pearsall Smith

14. “On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the Escape key.” Larry Dodgson

15. “The speeches to be wary of are those that begin, I’m just going to say a few words.” Frank Muir

16. “Speak when you’re angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” Ambrose Bierce

17. “Start thinking positively. You’ll notice a difference. Instead of ‘I think I’m a loser, try ‘I definitely am a loser.’ Stop being wishy-wishy about things. How much more of a loser can you be if you don’t even know you’re one? Ellen Degeneres

18. “To lead the people, walk behind them.” Lao Tsu

19. “Don’t compare yourself-you’re all you’ve got.” Janis Joplin

20. ” Start by saying no to requests. Then if you have to go to yes, okay. But if you start with yes, you can’t go to no.” Mildred Perlman

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Inspirational advice quotes

1. “Never invest your money in anything that eats.” Billy Rose

2. “If you want to become a coroner, be prepared for a stiff examination.” John Crosbie

3. “Do not fear when your enemies criticize you. Beware when they applaud.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. “Never believe anything until it’s been officially denied.” Katharine Whitehorn

5. “When you have nothing to say, say nothing.” Charles Colton

6. “The most popular speaker is the one who sits down before he stands up.” J.P Mahaffy

7. “After you’ve done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully. After five years look at it with suspicion… and after ten throw it away and start all over again.” Alfred Pearlman

8. “Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.” George Bernard Shaw

9. “Persuade the decision-makers that the decision you want is their idea.” Michael Shea

10. “If you’re foolish enough to be contented, don’t show it. Grumble with the rest.” Jerome K Jerome

11. “Always suspect everybody

12. “Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.” Mark Twain

13. “Always listen to the professionals… and then do the opposite of what they say.” H L Mencken

14. “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein

15. “Early to rise and early to bed, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.” James Thurber

16. “Remember the poor. It costs nothing.” Josh Billings

17. “Don’t jump on a man unless he’s down.” Finley Peter Dunne

18. “There’s no formula for success, but there’s a formula for failure-trying to please everyone.” Nicholas Ray

19. “Be nice to people on the way up because you’ll meet them on the way down as well.” Wilson Mixner

20. “If you’re planning for one year, plant rice. If you’re planning for ten years, plant trees. If you’re planning for 100 years, plant people.” Indian Proverb.

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Funny advice quotes

1. “Never pick a fight with an ugly person. They’ve got nothing to lose.: Robbie Williams

2. ” The one certain way for a woman to hold a man is to leave him for religion.” Muriel Spark

3. “When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.” Sacha Guitry

4. “The only way to get rid of cockroaches is to tell them you want a long-term relationship.” Jasmine Birtles

5. “In painting a ceiling a good rule of thumb is that there should be at least as much paint on the ceiling as on your hair.” P J O Rourke

6. “Take things as you find them-but make sure no one sees you.” Leonard Levinson

7. “If you’re dying in a lift, make sure you press the Up button before you go.” Jackie Mason

8. “If you’re giving your plants food, stop. If you’re not feeding them, start immediately. This is based on the theory that whatever you’re doing, it is bound to be wrong.” Miles Kington

9. “Never trust a man with short legs. Brains too near their bottoms.” Noel Coward

10. “If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.” Charles Bukowski

11. “Don’t bite your nails-look what happened to Venus de Milo.” Sammy Davis Jur

12. “Never approach a friend’s girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal unless she’s really attractive.” Bruce Friedman

13. “Always choose the oldest customs official. No chance of promotion.” W Somerset Maugham

14. “The best way to get husbands to do something is to suggest that they are too old to do it.” Shirley MacLaine

15. “If you want to scare your boyfriend next Halloween, come dressed as what he fears most: commitment.” Peter Nelson

16. “Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.” Erma Bombeck

17. “Never trust anyone who wears a beard, a blow tie, two-toned shoes, or sunglasses.” Michael Caine

18. “If you send your dog to fetch the paper, make sure it knows which one to get, and don’t give it too much money or it might not come back.” Mike Harding.

19. “If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that’s read by people who move their lips as they read.” Don Marquis

20. “Never drink black coffee at lunch. It will keep you awake in the afternoon.” Jilly Cooper

Advice quotes for students

1. “If you only ever read one book in your life, I strongly recommend…you keep your mouth shut.” Simon Munnery

2. “Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are ones that other folks have lent me.” Anatole France

3. ” You’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem.” Eldridge Cleaver

4. ” Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.” Frieda Norris

5. “Be wiser than other people if you can, but don’t tell them so.” Philip Stanhope

6. “Don’t be too hard on your relatives; it’s not their fault either.” Jasper Crott