The Best Advice Ever Given, New and Updated

by Steven D. Price

In need of a bit of good advice? Well here is the best advice ever recorded--a compendium of personal tips, traditional proverbs, and clever observations from the literary, political, and entertainment world. The Best Advice Ever Given covers such diverse topics as life, love, success, forgiveness, friendship, character, health, and many more, including: * "Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example."--Francois de La Rochefoucauld * "The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want."--Ben Stein* "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own."--Nelson Algren* "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."--Ernest Hemingway* "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."--Oscar Wilde* "The secret of business is to know something nobody else knows."--Aristotle Onassis* "In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, be sure to leave room for the mouse."--H. H. Munro ("Saki")* "Keep cool; anger is not an argument."--Daniel Webster* "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig."--Source Unknown* "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."--John F. Kennedy* "If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it."--H. Jackson Brown* "In the fight between you and the world, back the world."--Franz Kafka

Genres: Self Help

320 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

Reviews

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good gems in here!

[Cristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This lovely book filled with inspiring quotes is a book i refer back to almost daily. It's amazing how i sometimes open the book to a random page and can relate to one of the quotes listed on the page. I use this book often to share quotes that relate to my blog posts. The Best Advice Ever Given was a Christmas gift that i will cherish for a very long time.

[Temoca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought the book to hopefully get some writing prompts for my students and really just loved some of the quotes. I flipped through, read some with my daughter, picked out a couple of random ones to read every couple of days, skipped ones I didn't think sounded like me...good, nice little read.

[Madam Book Worm · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is okay. It’s formatted in quote form and not in paragraph format. I highlighted a couple noteworthy quotes. However, I wouldn’t recommend buying this book. I haven’t revisited it since I finished it years ago. A book like this should be designed so that it could always be revisited.

[Adwa AlDakheel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy read. Could easily expand on all the quotes, but it's pretty simple. Good for a person who's just starting to get into reading.

[Wayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really great book of quotable advice that can be applied to every walk of life!