A Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are never so generous as when giving advice.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Advice Generous Giving Giving Advice Never

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French - Writer
September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680

I've never been good at giving advice. The only advice I ever gave people was to find something that you are passionate about. But I hate giving advice, because, who am I? I'm just a girl.

Gwen Stefani

I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.

Taylor Swift

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.

Joan Chen

me giving my mom romantic advice is kind of like a goldfish giving a snail advice on how to fly.” -Will Grayson (pg. 66)

David Levithan

If I want to be a loving, generous, giving person, I'm not going to test the waters. I'm simply going to be a loving, generous, giving person.

Liz Murray

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

Orison Swett Marden

Don't ever be afraid of giving. Give. Give of your time, your forgiveness, your understanding, your love. Give of your money. Give to the creation, and you'll be given by the Creator. Be generous, and the Most Generous will be generous with you.

Yasmin Mogahed

Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing.

Robert Kiyosaki

A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.

Conor Cruise O'Brien

Giving free advice is a sad waste of effort. In the first place, no man will act upon it unless he is already inclined to do so. Secondly, when a man lays his case before you, the idea that he is asking your advice is a polite fabrication. He merely is suggesting that he is doing so, while as a fact his real object is to acquaint you with his personal activity. He wants to talk to somebody, being a natural gossip or gadder, and he plays upon your propensity for "giving advice" in order to get an audience.

William H. McMaster

When you have an attorney giving you advice, it would be nice to know what their financial relationship is to the advice.

Lowell Bergman

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

Anne Heche

Any time I can be of help to the government in terms of giving advice -I've given a little advice, actually.

Howard Warren Buffett

I think the simplest advice I could give would be to wait until asked before giving advice.

Deborah Raney

Actually, I think you have to know that whatever advice you give, they may not take it. The priority should be on keeping the friendship rather than giving the best advice. Your best advice is usually, 'Walk away from him! Tell him you never want to see him again!' But if you are dealing with someone still in love, nothing you say can change their feelings. All you can do is be there for them and pick them up every time they get hurt. Until, that is, they are ready to move on for themselves.

Taylor Swift

When it comes to giving advice, never do so unless you've first received a request in writing, signed by a lawyer.