Protect your dreams from your nightmare

…write your own part. It is the only way I’ve gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands. It forces you to think about what...

Y así, del mismo modo que un amateur de las letras no debe cometar la imprudencia de embarcarse y tratar de cruzar el piélago literario, así una aficionada a las flores no tiene por qué...

I’m very wary about giving advice. I think it’s very dangerous to give advice to people, except if you know them very well.

My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it.

At their core, Tiger Eyes, Forever…, and Sally J. Freeman are all books about teenage issues, but to an adult reader, the parents’ story lines seem to almost overshadow their daughters. I’m bringing an entirely...

Knowledge in the head and virtue in the heart, time devoted to study or business, instead of show and pleasure, are the way to be useful and consequently happy.

It looked like I (asked Phillips for advice), didn’t it?.

Don’t ask for directions if you’re not going to start the car.

Discover your voice. Then follow it with no fear. Wherever it leads, there is the goal of your life, there is your destiny.

We in urgent need of sound advice from foreigners.

Most of us are searching-consciously or unconsciously- for a degree of internal balance and harmony between ourselves and the outside world, and if we happen to become aware-like Stravinsky- of a volcano within us, we...

Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you’re a consultant.

Paying attention is more important to reliability than moving slowly. Because he pays close attention, a Navy pilot can land a 40,000 lb. aircraft at 140 miles per hour on a pitching carrier deck, at...

It’s because you’re young and you refuse to acknowledge what you are. What it means. What it promises. You’re fighting your condition, and that makes it almost impossible for you to control yourself. You need...

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your critics because they need it more than you do.

Also Ruhe, Geduld, Mannszucht, messen, essen, liegen, abwarten und Tee trinken.

Remember your humanity and forget the rest

That’s perfectly all right. Most people dig their graves with their own teeth as it is.

A place that proves if you get enough talented people in a room, one or two are bound to offer some helpful advice. Kind if like monkeys with typewriters.

The fact of the matter is that you should really stop concerning yourself with writing a book because anyone can write a book that totally sucks. There is nothing special about that.

Holding on will not make something come back. In my experience, it actually pushes it farther away. You cannot go back and undo what’s done, my friends. You can only move forward. And if your...

If you enjoy sticking a straw in a dog’s ear, don’t sit next to the pooch with a milkshake.

Greatness comes from the inside and once you believe you have it, it’s yours to share with the world.

Gore Vidal, for instance, once languidly told me that one should never miss a chance either to have sex or to appear on television. My efforts to live up to this maxim have mainly resulted...

You need to understand that truth is stranger than fiction. Listen: people are willing to swallow any old tripe as long as you say it without flinching. They want to be told stuff. And they...

She follows my advice, she exercises, and she’s very self-motivated.

People may advice you, guide you and evaluate what you do, but bear in mind they can’t think for you. You don’t blame people for not thinking for you; blame yourself for depending on them...

Advice is a dangerous gift, even to the wise from the wise, and all courses may run ill.

Mr. Stein relied on the hard work and advice of the tax experts who approved the strategies at issue and continues to have no reason to doubt the validity of the tax advice he ultimately...

Our every action has consequences. Thoughts have consequences. Since actions start from thoughts I guess I can say technically that thoughts in general have consequences. In our thoughts we make dreams. So if I think...

We found water. We passed into a more fertile country where were grass and fruit. We found the trail to Babylon because the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of...

Is this Jarod? This is Jarod. I’m you—from the future. I’m exactly like you—only better! By the way, congrats on your upcoming wedding! Spoiler alert: divorce

We made love like two smiles torturing a frown. My advice is to put it on the rack, and really stretch out the event.

What defines our world; believes, thoughts, dreams, decisions, choices and actions.

Don’t settle for being an option; become a priority.

The focus on the desired outcome will push you through every difficulty.

If we don’t protect what we have, it will be destroyed.

All souls have a body.

Hold on to hope and positive thoughts; strength for thy soul.

Formerly…when he tried to do anything for the good of everybody, for humanity…for the whole village, he had noticed that the thoughts of it were agreeable, but the activity itself was always unsatisfactory; there was...

Hugs can do great amounts of good – especially for children.” -Diana

Be careful who you call crazy. Some of us think it’s a compliment.

peculiar” – than anything else.But when you do laugh, let your belly shimmy.

Correct the blunders on your face made through self-delusion – this would be far more fitting than to want to teach me, which is just as if a sow trying to teach Minerva.

Remember, nothing happens before it’s supposed to, so trust that, as you are striving for authenticity and personal excellence, the recognition of your life’s purpose is nearing closer.

All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they’ll tell you will be wrong.

As a child of privilege, no one is your friend. They will claim to be your friends, they will laugh at your jokes and invite you to their parties, but they do not like you....

The only good thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself.