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.

If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.

—Brendan Francis

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.

—Brendan Francis

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.

—Brendan Francis

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

—Brendan Francis

It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.

—Anne Tyler

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

—Aesop

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

—Oscar Wilde

Advice to children crossing the street: Damn the lights. Watch the cars. The lights ain't never killed nobody.

—Jackie "Moms" Mabley

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

—David Carradine