Good Advice Quotes

“It's been suggested that if the super-naturalists really had the powers they claim, they'd win the lottery every week. I prefer to point out that they could also win a Nobel Prize for discovering fundamental physical forces hitherto unknown to science. Either way, why are they wasting their talents doing party turns on television?

By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.”
― Richard Dawkins

“Letting yourself be vulnerable isn't always a weakness. Sometimes it can be a conscious decision to draw the other person out.”
― Penelope Douglas, Bully

“Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto.”
― Samuel Beckett, Molloy

“She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world that it is foolish to waste time on one that does not give you pleasure.”
― Atwood H. Townsend, Good Reading

“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people; those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.”
― Indira Gandhi

“Make your lives a masterpiece, you only get one canvas.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death.”
― Thomas Bernhard, Extinction

“If you boil it down, just because someone else does the wrong thing we are not exempt from doing what’s right.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“I know that if you don't look for an alternative, Sophos, you certainly won't find one.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, A Conspiracy of Kings

“Too many people are buying things they can't afford, with money that they don't have... to impress people that they don't like!"

Nothing to do w/ "books" -- Just like the quote!”
― Will Smith

“There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“If you don't think too good, don't think too much.”
― Ted Williams

“I don't want to see him alone. He says things that annoy me. He gives me good advice." Lord Henry smiled. "People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Only sweet people with good virtues can go to fairyland. Those who treat others meanly and without respect can never go there.”
― Janaki Sooriyarachchi, Emirosy

“Good advice is a toxic gas for hardhearted's lungs.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Just be patient. It'll sort itself out. It always does.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight

“You should fight like hell if you get attacked on the street, or in your home. The old thinking was, especially with women, submit, give in, maybe the guy will give you a
break and not kill you. Now, maybe you will get raped, but
least you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you didn't
just lie down and take it. You don't know how many home-invasion scenes we walk in on where the people are sitting there all tied up and all dead. There'll be four, five people, a family, mayb...more "You should fight like hell if you get attacked on the street, or in your home. The old thinking was, especially with women, submit, give in, maybe the guy will give you a
break and not kill you. Now, maybe you will get raped, but
least you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you didn't
just lie down and take it. You don't know how many home-invasion scenes we walk in on where the people are sitting there all tied up and all dead. There'll be four, five people, a family, maybe some guests: enough to put up a fight. And you know they let themselves get tied up. You just know the guys said, 'We just want to tie you up. We won't hurt you.' You'd think the people would realize — why do they want to tie us up if they don't want to hurt us? But they bought it. It always gives us a little chuckle.”
― Connie Fletcher, What Cops Know: Today's Police Tell the Inside Story of Their Work on America's Streets

“Do everything that you can to resist Void Madness. Focus on the love, joy and happiness that can be found within yourself, no matter where you are. If you ponder the reality of The Void’s vast expanse for even one brief moment, it could have devastating effects on your mind, so focus instead on the present. Bring your attention to your day-to-day goals.
How will you find food? What will you drink to survive? Where is there a safe place to hide?
Focusing on the present will keep you from straying into Void Madness, and keep you
productive for the harsh times ahead.”
― Chuck Tingle, Dr. Chuck Tingle's Complete Guide To The Void

“Always have an onion.

- Nico”
― Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

“È la Storia, non colui che la racconta”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“Life and women are like an ocean; men are like a ship. Women's shit-testing you is the storm; you have to remain steadfast.”
― Sam Hyde

“Sprinkle someone with kindness today.”
― Benjamin Lee, Sprinkled with Kindness

“Once your investment account has touched a peak value, it's almost impossible to forget that number.”
― Coreen T. Sol, CFA

“Take this moment and use it to grow. Use it, to become a better person than you were moments before. Always take what life gives you and use it as a chance to move forward, and always remember that life's too short not to have fun.”
― Jonathan Smidt, Dungeon Core Online: Dicken Around - Book One

“Here’s the thing I want to tell you. You can be profitable at the expense of your life OR you can be profitable in support of it.”
― Michelle Jacobik, The Path To Profits: An Entrepreneur's Guide To Having It All... And Still Having A Life!

“Cassian had taught me to always have a second escape route. Always.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Stay muchy”
― Sarah Monie

“Never trust a man who always knows exactly what to say.”
― Nicole Fox, Shattered Altar

“Rhett: Can you fuck off now?

Beau: Sadly, no. You’re stuck with me forever. Don’t die out there tonight!

Rhett: What if that was the last thing you ever said to me?

Beau: Then I’d think to myself: if only Rhett had listened to my good advice.”
― Elsie Silver, Flawless