Welcome to Advised Quotes, a curated collection of insightful and inspirational quotes to uplift your spirits and ignite your imagination. Throughout history, wise words from thinkers, leaders, and visionaries have provided guidance, motivation, and solace to individuals navigating life’s myriad challenges and triumphs. Whether you seek words of encouragement, wisdom for personal growth, or simply a spark of inspiration, you’ll find an array of thought-provoking quotes here to illuminate your path.
In this digital age, where information flows incessantly and distractions abound, it’s easy to overlook the power of a well-crafted sentence or a profound idea. Yet, amidst the noise, quotes have a remarkable ability to cut through the clutter and resonate deeply with our innermost selves. They encapsulate timeless truths, encapsulating the essence of human experience in succinct, memorable phrases. Here, we invite you to explore a diverse selection of quotes carefully chosen to provoke thought, evoke emotion, and stir the soul. Whether you’re seeking guidance, motivation, or simply a moment of reflection, allow these words to serve as beacons of light along your journey.
I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn’t sleep at night. Christopher Darden
Very deliberately, the central bankers have punished savers, pushing interest rates so low that any truly safe investment – and older people are always advised to play it safe – yields a negative return when inflation is factored in. Neil Macdonald
Sociology is really in trouble as a field. I can tell you, because I’ve known young people who have wanted to go into it, and they have been uniformly advised, if you are a free thinker, stay away from sociology. Amy Wax
Everyone advised me not to pursue a career in music and expected me to go into law. My dad told me I would end up living in the gutter if I pursued music, so I ended up at uni studying a teaching degree just to please him. Darren Hayes
As I’ve said, I’ve been advised not to get into the specifics out there. Is there some truth out there? Yes. Is there a lot of falsehood out there? Absolutely. Jeff Gannon
I was always told that I was good in mathematics, and I guess my grades and standardized test scores supported that. My worst subjects were those that generally involved a lot of reading – English and history. So, having good test scores in math and mediocre ones in reading, I was naturally advised to major in engineering in college. Henry Petroski
Those suffering from spondylitis and arthiritis are not advised to perform certain asanas. Sushma Swaraj
I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. Joan Didion
I have never advised the destruction of life, but of property, yes. Emmeline Pankhurst
My generation was advised to focus on one area to excel. Sreenivasan
When I was in advertising, I did a great deal of work on television commercials. A co-worker and I wrote a screenplay, which led to a few more screenplays, and some were optioned by production companies. I was advised to move to California but didn’t want to make the move. I decided to use another form of storytelling, so I wrote a novel. M. J. Rose
Russia has a well-known reputation for corruption; unfortunately, I discovered that it was far worse than many had thought. While working in Moscow I learned that Russian oligarchs stole from shareholders, which included the fund I advised. Bill Browder
My father didn’t know about cricket. Then, one of my father’s friend advised him to take me to a coaching camp. Prithvi Shaw
After finishing the gymnasium in Muenchen with 9 years of Latin and 6 years of ancient Greek, history and philosophy, I decided to become a physicist. The great theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld, an university colleague of my late father, advised me to begin with an apprenticeship in precision mechanics. Wolfgang Paul
I actually don’t pay a lot of attention to the movie ‘industry’… I just do the work when I get it. I never considered anything I was in, or did, as a possible breakthrough for me. I have advised other actors not to expect anything. Expecting a ‘breakthrough’ is almost an automatic for sure ‘let down’ or heartbreak. Mark Margolis
My smartest move was joining Google. It wasn’t obvious at the time that it would be a good decision. A lot of people, many of my friends, advised me against it. Susan Wojcicki
We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end. Chief Joseph
My dad was very busy with his films, and I got the opportunity to mingle with him only when I was in 10th standard. More than anna Suriya, my sister and I used to discuss many things with him. But he never, ever advised me, instead will only share his life experiences. Karthi
When I met with Chinese policymakers in 2006, I advised them that there was a limit to how long they could rely on the U.S. consumer market, as jobs offshoring was destroying it. Paul Craig Roberts
A player may have a future only if he respects the players who taught and advised him. Dimitar Berbatov
When I broke my arm at the Commonwealth Games three years ago, I was advised that my sporting career had likely reached its end. Laurel Hubbard
I had two surgeries during the early part of 2012, and I was advised to restrict my work load. Amitabh Bachchan
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. Martin Luther
After I joined the Indian cricket team, MS Dhoni advised me that I need to avoid reading the newspapers and should try to stay away from social media as much as possible. Shreyas Iyer
I advised the Kremlin on election law and created Rock the Vote Russia, later called ‘Choose or Lose,’ to push democracy-minded youth to vote. Michael Caputo
As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren’t good roles for someone like me. There were handsome leading men and character actors for smaller supporting roles. But I was told to hang in there, and it was good advice. We’re all character actors now. Even a handsome man is a character actor at my age. Jim Broadbent
About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load. Alan Thicke
Recently, a friend sent me the online musings of a televangelist who advised his thousands of followers that the Federal Reserve achieved satanic ends by manipulating the world’s money supply. Paranoia has replaced piety. J. D. Vance
One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It’s usually advised by consultants who don’t want to see you march to the end of a limb. Elizabeth Edwards
We were looking for an older child since we didn’t want too much of an age gap between her and Vir. However, nobody matched the criteria. So, we were advised to extend our search across India. Within a week, we found Tara in a place near Jabalpur. Mandira Bedi
Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised. John Kenneth Galbraith
A Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, who does believe in climate change, nevertheless advised her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, to abandon his emissions trading scheme. Richard Flanagan
Exercise caution, as I have advised many people. George Carman
Even after they fired me, called me a bigot and publicly advised me to only share my thoughts with a psychiatrist, I did not call for defunding NPR. I am a journalist, and NPR is an important platform for journalism. Juan Williams
We were advised that nobody could stop us from pursuing our craft simply because we had honed, or even developed that craft while working at a company. David Crane
I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname. Rachel Weisz
I have always advised men to read. Mary Harris Jones
I always want to go darker, and I’m always being advised to stay on the lighter side. Phoebe Waller-Bridge
I’ve been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons, so that’s it – the shop has closed, even though I would have loved a daughter. Toni Braxton
Scott Frank and I are director friends. We met through the Sundance Labs and he’s advised me on my first projects – I’ve visited him on set, we’ve shared first cuts with each other, and we’re more like director pals than anything else. Marielle Heller
The doctor has advised me to eat home-cooked food and I follow that strictly. Soham Chakraborty
I think Europe is well advised to form a unified economic force to be on par with the U.S. and China. Joe Kaeser
Aspiring entrepreneurs are often advised to work at a startup for a couple of years first, to understand what’s involved. But often, each company’s approach to success is very narrow. So my advice is, ‘Just do it.’ David Cohen
In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything. Harold Brodkey
In a world where women and men are advised to ‘lean in,’ run faster and reach higher, Arianna Huffington has courageously redefined the meaning of success. Margaret Cuomo
When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, ‘Who’s that bloke with the funny name?’ They advised me to change it, saying it would never be put up in lights outside theaters because they couldn’t afford the electricity. But I would never contemplate changing it. It’s who I am. Pete Postlethwaite
I hated to see tabloids with my pictures where I looked so plump. I visited so many doctors, clinics, hit the gym, hired an expensive trainer but nothing worked. I went into an acute depression. Its then that somebody advised me to take up Yoga. Tanushree Dutta
I don’t know too many people who, when the TV announcer says, ‘Viewer discretion is advised’, then turn the TV off. Those are code words for, ‘Turn the sound up; this is gonna be really good.’ Dan Gilroy
I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream. Dave Matthews
Fifty years ago, historians advised politicians and policy-makers. They helped chart the future of nations by helping leaders learn from past mistakes in history. But then something changed, and we began making decisions based on economic principles rather than historical ones. The results were catastrophic. Annalee Newitz
I was advised by my assistant that the women of the Senate don’t do potlucks. To which I responded, ‘Of course we do.’ Lisa Murkowski
Someone – a man – advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers. Tamron Hall
When I met Ram Charan, he told me not to worry about how much my films make. After ‘Magadheera,’ people began expecting big things from him. So he did films to keep up to that expectation. He advised me to not fall into that trap. Varun Tej
I was a star before I got more than $250 a week. Carole Lombard advised me how to get a raise. She said: ‘Go to Palm Springs and stay there until they raise the ante.’ They were waiting to start a picture with me and I was scared they’d forget me for someone else, but they came after me. Fred MacMurray
The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff. Adlai Stevenson II
For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President. Karen Hughes
My mental health was getting really bad in the military and so the doctors decided not to renew my contract and advised me to take a break. Bella Poarch
Ancelotti immediately understood me and put me in the right situation to adapt quickly. I was 18 and, at that age, it is difficult. He helped me a lot off the field, too. He advised me on how to behave. You can say he was a father to me in the footballing world. Marco Verratti
People are generally badly advised when they’re starting out in the creative field. Julian Lennon
When I took over the family business, it had already been a publicly traded company for 20 years. During one of the first annual meetings I attended, one shareholder stood up and advised me and everyone in attendance that I should resign. Azim Premji
An actress once advised me, ‘Make sure you do your own laundry – it will keep you honest.’ Cate Blanchett
I can’t say there were parts I was offered and turned down, but there were meetings for parts that I didn’t go to, meetings I should have gone to, meetings I was advised against going to. I listened to that advice. Cathy Moriarty
From an early age, my father stressed the power of the image, and he encouraged me to carefully control my own. He advised me, for example, never to be photographed from below, an often unflattering angle for women. Liz Goldwyn
Theresa May’s triumph at being the first foreign leader to visit Donald Trump, when she addressed the Republican caucus and advised that it is sensible to engage with Russia but to beware, appears to have come a bit late for Jeff Sessions. Crispin Blunt
Whistleblowers are typically rendered incommunicado, either because they’re in hiding, or advised by their lawyers to stay silent, or imprisoned. As a result, the public hears only about them, but never from them, which makes their demonization virtually inevitable. Glenn Greenwald
Being a young actor in the industry, I had a lot of people who strongly advised me to stay quiet. That was hard to live with. But I’ve never played a gay role before, and I didn’t want to be limited by some strange perception. Dan Amboyer
At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school. William Standish Knowles
Roberta Tavasolli is a very intuitive medium. She has advised and inspired me to be me for many years. Sonja Morgan
I was part of the Indian contingent that went to Karachi for an invitational meet, before the Moscow Olympics of 1980 and I was taking B-Complex in liquid form, as advised by Dr. P.M.K. Nambiar, a cardiac specialist based in Kannur. P. T. Usha
But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty. Eugenio Montale
In the courtroom of science, if you have the facts on your side, you don’t need a gun – and juries would be well advised to distrust the case of those parties who choose to use weapons to silence adversarial witnesses. Robert Zubrin
I started working at the age of 16 and since then my mother has been my guide. She has always advised me. Madalsa Sharma
I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on. David Rudisha
Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe. Juan Manuel Santos
You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say. A. A. Milne
My agent advised me to quit the business. He told me that if I continued acting I was facing a few bad years and probably wouldn’t work very much. Nicholas Hammond
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. Jean de La Fontaine
Yaya was much better than Sergio Busquets at Barcelona. But he was behind him in the pecking order and he found that hard to accept. I advised him to come to Manchester City while I was still there. Kolo Toure
I’m invested in about 13 private companies. I’ve advised probably another 50 private companies. James Altucher
I feel like anything I’ve ever done, I’ve been strongly advised not to do. Dasha Zhukova
I wasn’t ever advised by Scott Sullivan of anything ever being wrong. Bernard Ebbers
We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it’s not right for you, you shouldn’t do it just because you’re advised by so-called geniuses. Jackie DeShannon
The truth is that the celebrities that transitioned into being business moguls or launching a brand have to be very smart, or at least be advised by very smart people. Erin Foster
It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight, until my kind old friend advised me to forsake the exercise. William Banting
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. Francis Bacon
Struggling writers are often advised to pick a simple genre, but it doesn’t work that way. Alan Furst
When writing music for the ‘Kaddish,’ I evoked the prayers that were sung in Eastern Galicia, Ukraine and Romania. I was advised by my late friend, Boris Carmeli… He would sing me various melodies that were sung by his grandfather, thus they had to be at least as old as the mid-19th century. Krzysztof Penderecki
I had a lot of coaches and each of them advised me how to reach my goals. Marc-Andre ter Stegen
I’ve done movies that I’ve been advised not to do. ‘Dog Soldiers,’ the movie I did 11 years ago now, I remember my agent at the time was like, ‘You shouldn’t do that. It’s a weird film about werewolves,’ and it became a cult hit. Kevin McKidd
I met my wife in Bombay at an official function. And then we courted for three years. That’s a great old term, ‘courting.’ And we had to do it quietly, of course, because you would know the difficulties one might have with Indian parents. She was advised by her father that people in the West don’t take marriage seriously. Glenn Turner
‘Never do the dishes without music,’ my brother Mark once advised me – the same brother who once ate a spoonful of refrigerated dog food to escape his turn at the kitchen sink. And really, it may be the most sensible advice I’ve been given. Anthony Doerr
Those lumpen mercenaries who make money on the back of the destiny of all, those who call for invasion, those who continuously offend in words and acts… would be well advised that this people’s patience has limits. Miguel Diaz-Canel
People are always advised to follow your dreams, but in ‘That Will Never Work’ I show them how! Marc Randolph
When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. Warren Christopher
There’s an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there’s a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes. Evan Parker
In the 1980s, we were advised, why don’t you follow Reaganomics or Thatcherite economics. We said, yes, there are good points, let’s see how we can fit them in the Indian economy. Every country has its own way of moving forward. Pranab Mukherjee
Many of our problems are home-grown. Gordon Brown regularly advised the rest of the world to follow his British model of growth. But the model was flawed. It led to the highest level of household debt in relation to income in the world. Vince Cable
I’ve been advised by guys who have played in the NFL and guys who have my best interests. Teddy Bridgewater
When I thought I couldn’t write recipes, my boss at the time advised, ‘Write as you talk.’ Mary Berry
There was a time in the ’90s where, as an African-American man, you had to be a misogynistic R&B star or a rapper, and I didn’t fit into either one of those. I was advised by my label to remain closeted at that time. Billy Porter