Words of Wisdom from books, movies, or people

[LogDog75]

What words of wisdom do you remember?

For me, the one that's lasted the longest is from Issac Asimov's Foundation series. Hari Sheldon, the mayor of Terminus City, had a sign in his office that read "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

I read that back in the early 70s and it's always stuck with me.

[The Blue Flower]

1. From Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss

I read this in second grade and it has stayed with me until now, over 70 years later.

"A person's a person, no matter how small." To me it meant that everyone, no matter how insignificant, is deserving of respect. I think it hit me because there was so little respect in my home for anyone who wasn't my dad.

[JoseBalow]

2. "Never get involved in a land war in Asia"

- The Princess Bride

[Harker]

3. One of my favorite fortune cookies...

"If you don't get what you want, think of all the things you don't want that you don't get."

[SheltieLover]

4. The utterance of life is a song, the symphony of Nature, Louis Sullivan

Inscribed above the stage in the gorgeous Auditorium Theatre.