No one wants advice - only corroboration.
John Steinbeck
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
Hannah Whitall Smith
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
Henry Wheeler Shaw
My advice to actresses is don't worry about your looks. The very thing that makes you unhappy in your appearance may be the one thing to make you a star.
Estelle Winwood
We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word.
Adlai Stevenson
The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice.
Unknown
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Erica Jong
The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.
Bertrand Russell 1872
The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong
Charron, Pierre
People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly
Behan, Brendan Francis
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties
Aesop
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
Aeschylus