Laurence J. Peter Quotes

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you.

Passion is a young man's game. Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise. I mean, you're around awhile, you leave certain things to the young. Don't try to act like you're young. You could really hurt yourself.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Discretion shall preserve you.

Be not moved alone by heated arguments and thoughts of revenge! These are for the young. We are young no longer; let us think well, and give counsel as old men!

Let your accusations be few in number, even if they be just.

What is permitted is not always wise.

What is cowardice in the young is wisdom in the old, but all the same one can be ashamed of wisdom.”

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well

I live my life like an 85-year-old man.

Sometimes you can tell a wise person not only by what he says but also by what he doesn't say. Remember, it is much better to say little than to say too much and regret it later.

As you get older, you mellow, but there's a natural propensity to watch what you say, 'cause you learn that you want more time and space to craft what you want to say because you're less likely to want to say impetuous things, or things that aren't thought-out properly.

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

My frankness has got me into a lot of trouble. I try to temper it down now. As you get older, you get wiser.

Tis better to sit there and look the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it.

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.