We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.


William Alger

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We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
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We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
WILLIAM R. ALGER
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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We should not blame people by the mistakes of others.
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By the time we've made it, we've had it.
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I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.
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How people started to disappear??
It's an interesting question isn't it?
I guess on 89% su...
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This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.
JOSHUA LEDERBERG
By the time I was five, I was a little diva.
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A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.
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Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.
N. R. NARAYANA MURTHY
The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
DANIEL WEBSTER
We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.
KITTY O'NEILL COLLINS
You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.
JOHN RUSKIN
You're the one who may die," the alchemist said. "I already know how to turn myself into the wind.
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Whatever you do, don't take shortcuts. It's great advice to take and live by.
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We may give advice but we cannot give conduct
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
EDDIE MURPHY
Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.
JOSH BILLINGS
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Don’t give me advice. I would rather take money than advice.
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Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.
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You want my advice? Well, here it is. Don't take no advice and don't give none neither.
R.J. LAWRENCE
By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
TED WILLIAMS
I knew how to swim by the time I turned 4.
AUDRINA PATRIDGE
By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films.
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
I want to be financially secure by the time I have kids.
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Wrong?
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DEYTH BANGER
Renew your mind by washing it with truth: God's Word.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is fatal.
OSCAR WILDE
Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.
JOSH BILLINGS
It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.
OSCAR WILDE
It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal
OSCAR WILDE
We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
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I am constantly asked by members of the community, by students, by athletes, by chairmen, if we can ...
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People can drive by and drop donations into a bucket. We want to make it as convenient as possible.
SANDRA HARRIS
The best advice I could ever give is to take your own!
VALERIE ROSE STERRETT
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RANDY BACHMAN
By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market.
VACLAV KLAUS
Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people.
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By the time I was in my teens, I was listening to Delta blues and jazz.
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By the time I could have played football, I was already into acting and that's what I wanted to ...
DAVID MORSE
Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?
TERRY PRATCHETT
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
KARL VON KNEBEL
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
KARL VON KNEBEL
See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be
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Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wai...
JOHN CHRISTIAN MORGENSTERN
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to w...
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Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to sit...
ALFRED ADLER
Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we d...
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Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We...
ERIK PAULSEN
We didn't take advantage early. We were up by 10, but we could've been up 16, 18. All of the give-aw...
DOUG SAUTTER
Many receive advice, few profit by it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
BOYD PALMER
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
ANONYMOUS
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
UNKNOWN
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
SYDNEY J. HARRIS
Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY
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JEAN CHATZKY
It seems like he used to give advice, but now he doesn't give advice as he does try to put you down.
BUCKY COVINGTON
The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one...
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Dangerous as a lightning strike, as lethal as a pair of crisscrossing short swords, William whispere...
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~AUTHOR UNKNOWN
It is not the grain of grass that will decide mans future but the bullet that comes from the barrel ...
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Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become.
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If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y...
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
RACHAEL LEIGH COOK
By the time I was 10, I had lived in 11 different countries.
NATASHA LITTLE
All that prosthetic makeup drains you. By the time it's lunch, you're done.
MICKEY ROURKE
Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records.
ROBERT QUINE
I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.'
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
I intended to be famous by the time I was 16 and rich by the time I was 20. Curiously, it didn't...
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God hides the fires of hell within paradise.
PAULO COELHO
I'm about to do something very clever and a tiny bit against the rules of the universe. It's importa...
TOMMY DONBAVAND
By the time I was a young man, I was pretty independent.
BEN LEWIN
Words said can never be recalled. So it is best, oftimes, not to speak too quickly. Yet words left u...
ANN RINALDI
Remember that life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take ou...
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NELINA JUNE ORBE RILLOMA
Advice is judged by results, not by intention.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
CICERO
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
NORMAN MACEWAN
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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Feeling so rush to be proficient is
a common temptation for newbies.
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My favourite book in the world is 'Neuromancer' by William Gibson.
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We hope that it will encourage the grooms to come out and take part in the wedding. it will give the...
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We just wanted to spread the floor and take the ball to the bucket. We got a shot and it just went i...
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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long ...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Faith is a passionate intuition.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its ro...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
To begin, begin.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from th...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
There are good waves not that far from Manhattan - on Long Island, in north Jersey. It's true th...
WILLIAM FINNEGAN
Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic current...
WILLIAM JAMES
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Now is the winter of our discontent.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
What are gold and jewels and precious utensils? Mere dross and dirt. The human face and the human he...
WILLIAM GODWIN
Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.
WILLIAM BLAKE
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perce...
WILLIAM JAMES
I like stirring things up. I'm on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasio...
WILLIAM JOYCE
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.
WILLIAM GOLDING
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
WILLIAM HAZLITT
The course of true love never did run smooth.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE