Quotes About Wisdom

Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom...that is very hard indeed.

Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.

Don't decide yet, Hephaestus advised. Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.

A battle can be won before it's ever fought by choosing the right ground.

How does Galdoila know about the reward? i asked. He reads the signs, Grover said. Duh. Of course, I said. Silly me.

You know, Magnus…sometimes it's best not to look as far as you're able to look, or to listen to everything you're able to hear.

Unbelievable, I murmured. After four thousand years, I am still discovering new things. Like how dumb you are, Meg volunteered. No. So you already knew that?

If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff?

The more you know, the more you try to change them, and that can be disastrous.

Intelligence won wars, not brute force.

Maybe the lesson is: Know when to brag and when to keep your mouth shut. Or: Sometimes life isn't fair, even if you are as gifted as Athena. Or maybe: Don't give away free tapestries.

Ah, but I'm wise ," Athena said. "Wise enough to make you do it instead.

Knowledge isn't always good for you.

The smallest seedlings, Demeter often told me, grow into century oaks.

Athena always, always has a plan.

Myths are simply stories about truths we've forgotten.

That's nice. I like that. You're sure you're not the god of wisdom?" "I applied for the job," I said, "but they gave it to someone else. Something about inventing olives." I rolled my eyes.

so mortals tend to see only what they can understand.

Wisdom's daughter walks alone. The Mark of Athena burns through Rome. Twins snuff out the angel's breath, Who holds the key to endless death. Giant's bane stands gold and pale, Won through pain from a woven jail.

Percy's ears turned as pink as Alex's jeans. Anyway, maybe we've been looking at this all wrong. I've been tying to teach you sea skills. But the most important thing is to use whatever you've got to hand - your team, your wits, the enemy's own magical stuff. And there's no way to plan for that, I said. Exactly! Percy said. My work here is done! Annabeth frowned. Percy, you're saying the best plan is no plan. As a child of Athena, I can't really endorse that.

Only people who have known great pain have the capacity to learn magic.

Meg peered at me over the top of her glasses. "You're the dumbest god ever

There's always a way out for those clever enough to find it. -Athena

When strength doesn't work," Zeus said, trickery might.