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

About Hannah Whitall Smith

Portrait of Hannah Whitall Smith

Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith (February 7, 1832 – May 1, 1911) was a lay speaker and author in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom. She was also active in the women's suffrage movement and the temperance movement.

More quotations from Hannah Whitall Smith

Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.

—Hannah Whitall Smith

More quotations tagged with “advice”

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

Never give advice unless asked.

—German Proverb

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

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.

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