We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Quote by William R Alger

Topics: Advice Quotes

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.

He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and...

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and...

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Words of love, are works of love.

Words of love, are works of love.

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise...

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and...

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and...

Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.

Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.

The glory of man is knowledge, but the glory of woman is to renounce knowledge.

The glory of man is knowledge, but the glory of woman is to renounce knowledge.

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other...

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other...

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

It is not that Im so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

It is not that Im so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...