We advisers wear many hats, including those of guidance counselor, motivator, cheerleader, and life coach. As such, we give many suggestions to students, ranging from the general—“keep trying,” “aim high, jump even higher,” “you can do it, go for it,” “manage your time well”—to the specific—“while studying or attending class, make sure to turn your phone off,” “go to every class” . However, our advice has little staying power in students’ minds, and important changes fail to happen. What’s an adviser to do? Arguably, advice is most effective if it first sticks in students’ minds, and I have found proverbs and parables to be helpful in this regard. Most of them are simple, concrete, and credible, and many tell a story. These features are exactly what some researchers claim can make things memorable. Below are examples of three proverbs I often use with students who are in certain situations and facing particular challenges. Let’s start with students we might call “Regretters.”