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

W
"I respect your intelligence, but not your choices."
Walter White Jr.
W
"You showed me what matters in life."
Walter White Jr.
T
"I want to be a good man."
Theon Greyjoy
T
"I've learned that cruelty begets only suffering."
Theon Greyjoy
T
"I've been a fool, but not forever."
Theon Greyjoy
T
"I've learned that pride often precedes the fall."
Theon Greyjoy
L
"The key to everything is finding what people want and giving it to them."
Littlefinger
L
"I have a gift for these things. I can read people."
Littlefinger
L
"Every lord thinks he's clever until he's played against a true strategist."
Littlefinger
L
"A wise man learns from the mistakes of others."
Littlefinger
L
"I've made a life of understanding what people want."
Littlefinger
L
"A man who underestimates his opponent has already lost."
Littlefinger
J
"I never asked to be the smartest man in the room."
Jaime Lannister
J
"I never loved being a knight until I stopped believing in it."
Jaime Lannister
J
"I've learned the price of pride."
Jaime Lannister
B
"I believe in second chances, but only if you've learned something."
Big
B
"You can't control other people, only yourself."
Big
B
"The best part of growing older is knowing who you really are."
Big
B
"Money is important, but it's not everything."
Big
B
"The only approval you need is your own."
Big
B
"Life is about balance, not extremes."
Big
B
"I believe in second chances, but not third ones."
Big
B
"A woman's intuition is her greatest asset."
Big
B
"I've learned that sometimes the best decision is to do nothing."
Big
B
"You have to know your own worth before anyone else can value you."
Big
M
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously."
Mr. Darcy
M
"It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion to be secure of judging properly at first."
Mr. Darcy
M
"The more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it."
Mr. Darcy
M
"One must always think of the future."
Margaery Tyrell
M
"Ambition without intelligence is merely recklessness."
Margaery Tyrell