Wisdom Quotes

The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.

64329 quotes

M
"Wisdom whispers; foolishness shouts."
Missandei
M
"Wisdom is knowing the limits of your knowledge."
Missandei
E
"Every choice you make determines who you become."
Effie Trinket
E
"I've survived this long by knowing exactly which way the wind blows."
Effie Trinket
E
"Wisdom comes from paying attention to life's lessons."
Effie Trinket
B
"A sword is a sword. It doesn't matter what you call it."
Brienne
B
"I have learned to trust few people."
Brienne
B
"Revenge is a fool's errand."
Brienne
B
"I have seen what hatred can do."
Brienne
P
"One must always think several moves ahead in the game of power."
President Snow
P
"One must understand human nature to control it."
President Snow
P
"Wisdom is knowing which truth to reveal and which to conceal."
President Snow
P
"I have learned to smile while calculating deaths."
President Snow
G
"The past cannot be changed, only learned from."
Grey Worm
G
"The unsullied are trained to feel nothing. It is their weakness."
Grey Worm
G
"Duty without choice is slavery. Choice without duty is chaos."
Grey Worm
G
"I understand discipline. Now I understand why discipline serves a purpose."
Grey Worm
G
"The darkness I have seen has taught me to value light."
Grey Worm
G
"I have learned that being strong means knowing when to show mercy."
Grey Worm
P
"A man's worth is measured by his actions, not his words."
Pod
P
"I have lived long enough to know the price of pride."
Pod
P
"The measure of a man is how he treats those beneath him."
Pod
D
"Do you wish to know the way of the Dothraki?"
Drogo
D
"The night brings counsel, the day brings action."
Drogo
D
"I have learned that love is the truest strength."
Drogo
H
"You're a lot smarter than you look, kid."
Haymitch Abernathy
H
"Keep your allies close and your enemies closer."
Haymitch Abernathy
H
"I survived because I understood the rules of the game."
Haymitch Abernathy
H
"Control what you can. Surrender to what you can't."
Haymitch Abernathy
H
"I didn't get this drunk by being naive about the world."
Haymitch Abernathy