Wisdom Quotes

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

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"A mother's instinct is rarely wrong."
Wendy Torrance
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"Understanding comes from listening, not from assuming."
Wendy Torrance
W
"Wisdom comes from experience and reflection."
Wendy Torrance
W
"We must find wisdom in our pain."
Wendy Torrance
F
"Stupid is as stupid does."
Forrest Gump
F
"Sometimes I guess there's just not enough rocks."
Forrest Gump
F
"You know what I think? I think maybe it's both."
Forrest Gump
F
"That's what Mama would say."
Forrest Gump
F
"I understand now why people cry."
Forrest Gump
F
"I learned to listen more than I speak."
Forrest Gump
V
"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."
Vito Corleone
V
"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment."
Vito Corleone
V
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Vito Corleone
V
"The woman, she is always right. Remember this."
Vito Corleone
V
"The Don, he does not make the rules. He simply understands them better than others."
Vito Corleone
V
"I advise you, never think badly of people who have more money than you do."
Vito Corleone
V
"Do not make enemies of powerful men. There is always a better way."
Vito Corleone
V
"Do not underestimate your enemies. This is a grave mistake."
Vito Corleone
V
"The greatest gift is to know when to hold on and when to let go."
Vito Corleone
V
"The women, they understand things that men do not."
Vito Corleone
V
"The greatest victories are often won without a shot being fired."
Vito Corleone
V
"I am not a sick man. I am a well man who has lived a long time."
Vito Corleone
D
"I learned that some places have memories that won't let you go."
Danny Torrance
D
"My father's madness showed me what I never wanted to become."
Danny Torrance
D
"I understood that some people are too broken to fix."
Danny Torrance
D
"I learned to listen to the silence because it warned me."
Danny Torrance
D
"The Overlook was beautiful, but beauty doesn't make something good."
Danny Torrance
D
"I learned to question what adults told me to believe."
Danny Torrance
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"Sometimes the best thing you can do is just be present."
Jenny Curran
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"Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find yourself."
Jenny Curran