Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.

As president, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people. But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values and your vision and the life experiences that make you who you are.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

My mother always told me it wasn’t polite to ask what people make.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Politeness is, you know, is a wonderful thing. Manners are in fact, really important thing. But remember, Jesus didn’t have many manners as we now know.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author’s soul.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

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.

No one wants advice – only corroboration.

If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.

I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man’s self.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.

I give opinions, not advice.

Always be sincere, even if you don’t mean it.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

I often look ridiculous in Japan. There’s really no way to eat in Japan, particularly kaiseki in a traditional ryokan, without offending the Japanese horribly. Every gesture, every movement is just so atrociously wrong, and the more I try, the more hilarious it is.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

The advice I’ve been giving to people all my life – that you may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you; you can’t give up politics, it won’t give you up – was the advice I should have been taking myself.

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I’m afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.

If you ever see The Rock working out in the gym, don’t think you can just go up and disturb his workout and expect him to take a picture. He’s there to work, so kindly just pass the silverback on by or he’ll rip your face off.

Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

General consultant to mankind.

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.

My advice is this. For Christ’s sake, don’t write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approximately the right time to read James Bond books.

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn’t do anything to you, but since you aren’t wise, you need us who are old.

The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, ‚I’m not interested,‘ or you’re unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don’t understand that, and I think it’s rude. You’re at Grandma’s house, you eat what Grandma serves you.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that’s the way I am.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

I hold the door for the ladies – I’m a gent.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.

People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.

I don’t need you to be funny. I don’t want to be entertained.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than ‚try to be a little kinder.‘

Remember this, folks – I am a Hillbilly, and I don’t always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.

As far as the general public is concerned, I always tell people that you need to look like a dance teacher like you’re looking for a pediatrician.