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

T
"Sometimes you need to take a step back to move forward."
Tony Soprano
T
"Sometimes the best thing you can do is nothing."
Tony Soprano
T
"You know what your problem is? You think too much."
Tony Soprano
T
"You know what the real problem is?"
Tony Soprano
T
"You gotta learn when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em."
Tony Soprano
T
"I've learned a lot in this life."
Tony Soprano
T
"You've got to be smart in this world."
Tony Soprano
C
"There's a lot of pain in this world, and you just have to learn to live with it."
Carmela Soprano
C
"Real strength is knowing when to let go of something."
Carmela Soprano
C
"You have to know when to stand your ground and when to compromise."
Carmela Soprano
C
"I've learned that vulnerability is not weakness."
Carmela Soprano
C
"I've learned that you can't control how people treat you, only how you respond."
Carmela Soprano
C
"A woman has to be smart enough to know when she's being played."
Carmela Soprano
B
"You're asking the wrong questions."
Bucky Barnes (Civil War)
B
"The armor doesn't make the man."
Bucky Barnes (Civil War)
B
"He always did."
Bucky Barnes (Civil War)
T
"That's what I do. I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"You are not as clever as you think you are."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"Plans are worthless, but planning is everything."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"I may be a monster, but I'm not a fool."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"When you realize you're playing a game, you can start to play it."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"Being short doesn't make you wise, but it makes you careful."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"Mockery is a tool of lesser minds."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"The powerful take what they want. The clever take what they need."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"The simplest sword makes the greatest swordsmen."
Tyrion Lannister
Z
"Broken glass doesn't come back together."
Zemo (Civil War)
Z
"You cannot save everyone. Sometimes you must choose."
Zemo (Civil War)
Z
"A man must know his own heart before he judges another's."
Zemo (Civil War)
Z
"You cannot defeat what you refuse to understand."
Zemo (Civil War)
D
"I am not a queen of ashes. I build, not destroy."
Daenerys Targaryen