Pastoral Resources

When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.

I mean, I try to say the right things and give the right advice. But still, I'm only a person.

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people.

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house.

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to work, we will do everything we can to help you. We will give you the training, we will give you the support, we will give you the advice to get you going and get you back at work.

My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.

You don't want to get the same kind of advice from everyone on your board.

The best advice is to take it easy, respect speed limits and do not try to make up time lost in the tailbacks on the open road.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.