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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer
but wish we didn't.
- Erica Jong
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.
- Erica Jong 
Hate generalizes; love is particular.
- Erica Jong
I have accepted fear as a part of life -
specifically the fear of change...
I have gone ahead despite the pounding
in the heart that says: turn back.
- Erica Jong
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If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
- Erica Jong
The trouble is,
if you don't risk anything,
you risk even more.
- Erica Jong
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool.
Writers, alas, have to be fools in public,
while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
- Erica Jong
Love gives without taking
- Erica Jong
Love is serene and calm
- Erica Jong
Solitude is considered un-American.
- Erica Jong
Friends love misery, in fact.
Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky
or too successful or too pretty,
our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.
- Erica Jong
Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
- Erica Jong
He who can take advice is sometimes superior
to him who can give it.
- Erica Jong
Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
- Erica Jong
In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue.
If we have enough friends, we may go on for years,
intending to leave, talking about leaving -
instead of actually getting up and leaving.
- Erica Jong
Because I loved myself, I was loved.
- Erica Jong
The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
- Erica Jong
The trick is not how much pain you feel -
but how much joy you feel
- Erica Jong
We are finally driven to monogamy
not by morality but by exhaustion.
- Erica Jong
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
- Erica Jong
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
- Erica Jong
If sex and creativity are often
seen by dictators as subversive activities,
it's because they lead to the knowledge
that you own your own body
(and with it your own voice), and that's
the most revolutionary insight of all.
- Erica Jong
Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
An unsolicited suggestion is
undistinguishable from a criticism.
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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
- Publilius Syrus
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on.
It is never of any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde
In those days he was wiser than he is now;
he used to frequently take my advice.
- Winston Churchill
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths,
but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
- Anne Frank
A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice -
but when you don't follow it,
they still respect and love you.
- Doris Wild Helmering
She generally gave herself very good advice,
(though she very seldom followed it).
- Lewis Carroll
There are old heads in the world
who cannot help me by their example or advice
to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself;
but I believe that it is in my power
to elevate myself this very hour
above the common level of my life.
- Henry David Thoreau
How true Daddy's words were when he said:
all children must look after their own upbringing.
Parents can only give good advice
or put them on the right paths,
but the final forming of a person's character
lies in their own hands.
- Anne Frank
You are perfect. You are complete.
Your inner voice always knows what to do,
but it is a quiet voice.
You can only hear the whisperings of your inner voice -
your inner compass - when you turn down the volume
of your fears, your regrets, your resentments,
and the fear-based advice
your neighbors are so willing to give you.
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Advice is seldom welcome,
and those who need it the most, like it the least.
- Lord Chesterfield
My advice to you is get married:
if you find a good wife you'll be happy;
if not, you'll become a philosopher.
- Socrates
I always pass on good advice.
It is the only thing to do with it.
It is never of any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde
Many of us have been conditioned to trust others' opinions
more than our own, and I believe that sort of trust is excessive.
This is especially true with regard to authority figures -
doctors, lawyers, priests. I trust my doctor's intentions toward me,
but I don't blindly follow his suggestions
without checking other sources also.
He was trained to prescribe a pill for everything,
and does it with the best of intentions,
but I often choose to trust God's quiet voice inside me
rather than my doctor's medical advice.
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If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice,
I would have English Channels round every country.
And the atmosphere would be such that
anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
- Winston Churchill
Keep your attention focused entirely
on what is truly your own concern,
and be clear that what belongs to others
is their business and none of yours.
- Epictetus
Proselytizing is always meddling.
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Meddling:
Everything that happens in the world, or doesn't happen,
is NOT my responsibility.
There are more than enough things that are my responsibility.
I am responsible for my thoughts, my beliefs, and my actions -
and that is enough.
It does not serve me to mind anyone else's business.
I can only make myself unhappy by trying to second guess
what anyone else thinks or does.
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The Main Thing is to Keep
The Main Thing The Main Thing.
- Stephen Covey
Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
- Albert Einstein
Trust your own inner guidance.
Have faith that your steps are
carrying you toward your dreams.
Keep your eyes on the heavens
and believe that your feet will carry you well.
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Keep busy - with tasks that inspire you,
motivate you, or please you.
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If there ever comes a day when we can't be together,
keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Life is a game.
Keep it light and playful.
Tease life, taunt life,
never attack life head-on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you keep getting the wrong answers,
try asking better questions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Let the refining and improving of your own life
keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it -
that is the quickest and surest way
ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
- Dale Carnegie
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything,
I still believe that people are really good at heart.
- Anne Frank
Do not anticipate trouble,
or worry about what may never happen.
Keep in the sunlight.
- Benjamin Franklin
The only wealth which you will keep forever
is the wealth you have given away.
- Marcus Aurelius
Keep the Faith.
- Anonymous
We keep moving forward, opening new doors,
and doing new things, because we're curious
and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
- Walt Disney
Keep courage. Whatever you do,
do not feel sorry for yourself.
You will win in a great age of opportunity.
- Richard L. Evans
The promises we makes to ourselves are the things
that assure us we have the capacity to keep our promises to others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Your success and happiness lies in you.
Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you
shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
- Helen Keller
The nature of life is to be
a study of contrasts: joy/sadness, full/empty.
The Main Thing is to Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing.
- Stephen Covey
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake,
not by mechanical aid, but by
an infinite expectation of the dawn.
- Henry David Thoreau
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
- Helen Keller
Resolve to keep happy, and your joy
and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
- Helen Keller
If you are going through hell, keep going.
- Winston Churchill
Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word.
Never get too big for your britches.
Trust in God. Have no fear;
and Never forget a friend.
- Harry S. Truman
In times of great stress or adversity,
it's always best to keep busy,
to plow your anger and your energy
into something positive.
- Lee Iacocca
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
- Lao Tzu
To keep your thinking young, stay curious.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
In the midst of movement and chaos,
keep stillness inside of you.
- Deepak Chopra
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