Wisdom Quotes

"He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance."

- David Mamet

"To me - old age is always ten years older than I am."

- Bernard Baruch

"Michael always says K-I-S-S. Keep it simple stupid. Great advice, hurts my feelings every time!"

- Dwight Schrute

"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think, ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do not do that thing."

- Dwight Schrute

"Having everything go your way is the road to disillusionment. Knowing the difference between what's impossible and what's possible... I used to know someone who talked about that a lot."

- Caitlin of the Unova Elite Four

"Avoid groupthink. It is a poison, and those that have the capability to think outside of it will always be ahead."

- Thomas Griffin

"Always stay humble. You are not invincible, and who knows what tomorrow will bring."

- Thomas Griffin

"Great decisions have compounding effects. Learn how to make great decisions."

- Thomas Griffin

"Wise people are not always silent, but they know when they need to be."

- Thomas Griffin

"You can’t solve a problem you don’t understand. Seek to understand, then to solve."

- Thomas Griffin

"Compound effects are powerful. Not all opportunities have the same impact, so choose the ones with the greatest compounding effects."

- Thomas Griffin

"Not everything that glitters is gold. Learn to spot the difference."

- Thomas Griffin

"Never wrestle a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it."

- Thomas Griffin

"Opinions get adversaries. Advice gets allies."

- Thomas Griffin

"Never confuse the nobility of a cause with the goodness or wisdom of its decisions."

- Thomas Griffin

"Everything is created twice: first in the mind, then in the physical. Take great care that your mind is prioritized first."

- Thomas Griffin

"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus."

- Thomas Griffin

""Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.""

- William Arthur Ward

"I love getting older. My understanding deepens. I can see what connects. I can wave stories of experience and apply them. I can integrate the lessons. Things simply become more and more fascinating. Beauty reveals itself in thousands of forms."

- Victoria Erickson

"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic."

- Albus Dumbledore

"If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

- Sirius Black

"Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."

- Albus Dumbledore

"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution."

- Albus Dumbledore

"Curiosity is not a sin… But we should exercise it with caution."

- Albus Dumbledore

"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain."

- Arthur Weasley

"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it."

- Albus Dumbledore

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

- Albus Dumbledore

"The gentle wisdom of my son makes my heart peaceful and proud."

"A mother’s guiding wisdom and a son’s kind heart is a match made in heaven."