I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

—G. K. Chesterton

About G. K. Chesterton

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English journalist, novelist, essayist, poet, and Christian apologist. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature.

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If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.

—G. K. Chesterton

The Victorian Age made one or two mistakes, but they were mistakes that were really useful; that is, mistakes that were really mistaken. They thought that commerce outside a country must extend peace; it has certainly often extended war. They thought that commerce inside a country must certainly promote prosperity; it has largely promoted poverty. But for them these were experiments; for us they ought to be lessons.

—G. K. Chesterton

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

—G. K. Chesterton

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

—G. K. Chesterton

I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.

—G. K. Chesterton

More quotations tagged with “advice”

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

—Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

—English proverb

Don't give advice. It will come back and bite you in the [butt]. Don't take anyone's advice. So, my advice to you is to be true to yourself and everything will be fine.

—Ellen DeGeneres

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

—Edna St. Vincent Millay

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