Young Heart

Bitter are the tears of a child: Sweeten them.
Deep are the thoughts of a child: Quiet them.
Sharp is the grief of a child: Take it from him.
Soft is the heart of a child: Do not harden it.

Advice for Stupid

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.

Wish we didn't

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

Succeed through Failures

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

Just Do It

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

Do What You Should

Part of the reason [motherly advice] bugs us as daughters is because our mothers are so powerful in our lives. They loom like giants. The reason mothers keep at it is because they're so powerless. They cannot get you to do what is so obvious to them you should do.

Glass Half Full

There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have.

Valuable Mistakes

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

Feel Deeply

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

Be Very Careful

We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word.

Drugs... drugs

Drug prohibition does not end drug use. It simply forces the consumer to break the law in order to get what he wants.

Soar High

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Framed Advice

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.