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

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"Listen to your heart, not your head."
Linguini
L
"Cooking taught me that mistakes can become masterpieces."
Linguini
L
"You don't need fancy ingredients to make something extraordinary."
Linguini
M
"You can't just swim out there. It's dangerous."
Marlin
M
"Sometimes it's good to not think about things."
Marlin
M
"I should have trusted him more."
Marlin
M
"Sometimes being a parent means letting go."
Marlin
R
"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment."
Remy
R
"We are more than what we appear to be on the surface."
Remy
R
"In the kitchen and in life, timing is everything."
Remy
D
"I remember things better when I think of them as a big joke."
Dory
D
"I just realized something: I don't have a short-term memory problem, I have a short-term memory problem."
Dory
D
"Sometimes you have to go back a little to go forward a lot."
Dory
D
"I may forget, but I always remember what matters."
Dory
D
"When you're lost, sometimes the best thing is to ask for help."
Dory
D
"I've learned that the journey is more important than the destination."
Dory
L
"I'm learning that nothing in life is simple."
Linguini
B
"Every shark's got instincts, but that don't mean you gotta follow 'em."
Bruce
B
"I used to think power was about eating. Now I know better."
Bruce
R
"What matters is not what you are, but what you do."
Remy
N
"I'm sorry I didn't listen to you."
Nemo
N
"I learned to trust my instincts."
Nemo
D
"Sometimes you have to trust your instincts, even if you don't understand them."
Dory
D
"Life's too short to worry about what you've forgotten."
Dory
D
"I don't need to remember everything to know what really matters."
Dory
M
"You can't marry a man you've just met."
Merida
M
"Sometimes the smallest thing can make the biggest difference."
Merida
M
"You can't change the past."
Merida
M
"I've been such a fool."
Merida
M
"Sometimes our strengths lie beneath the surface."
Maui