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

E
"I have an understanding with the University that works to everyone's advantage"
Elodin
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"You think you understand, but you do not."
Albus Dumbledore
H
"Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right."
Hermione Granger
A
"Tom's greatest weaknesses have always been ignorance and arrogance."
Albus Dumbledore
J
"The past is the past. Let the future judge."
Jean Valjean
C
"Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with words and promises."
Catelyn Stark
T
"I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
T
"Only a fool makes threats he's not prepared to carry out"
Tyrion Lannister
D
"The most important step a man can take is always the next one."
Dalinar Kholin
S
"Words matter. Choose them carefully."
Shallan Davar
A
"The boy is not safe. His instincts are good."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"The world is not so black and white as we would like to believe."
Albus Dumbledore
T
"I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
T
"Some battles are won with swords, some with words"
Tyrion Lannister
D
"A man must know his place"
Davos Seaworth
E
"Some questions cannot be answered; they can only be lived"
Elodin
E
"There is a difference between knowing something and understanding it"
Elodin
K
"I learned that monsters are not always what they seem"
Kvothe
B
"The present is a gift, which is why it is called the present"
Bast
J
"The supreme judge of your actions must be yourself."
Jean Valjean
A
"I have already told you. It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Arrogance and stupidity are not the same thing, though they often look identical."
Albus Dumbledore
T
"I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"The choices we make define who we become."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"We are all products of our choices."
Albus Dumbledore
D
"Kings do not command the wind."
Davos Seaworth
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But in order to become old, you must first be young."
Albus Dumbledore