In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.

About Wil Wheaton

Portrait of Wil Wheaton

Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me, Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers, and Bennett Hoenicker in Flubber.

More quotations from Wil Wheaton

Keep playing games. Make time to play games with your friends and family, because it's surprisingly heartbreaking to wipe a thin layer of dust off a game you love, before you put it back on the shelf because the real world is calling you.

More quotations tagged with “advice”

Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.

—Spanish Proverb

It seems that bad advice that's fun will always be better known than than good advice that's dull-no matter how useless that fun advice is.

Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.

—Randy Pausch

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

—Publilius Syrus

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

—Pierre Charron

History

11 Jul 2015 Added