#counsel

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles. ↗

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#argue #arising #before #capital #case

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please. ↗

— Louis Nizer

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If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder? ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

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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! ↗

— George S. Patton

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

— George S. Patton

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'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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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. ↗

— Joan Rivers

#advice #any #counsel #deeply #feel

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time. ↗