Jewish Quotations

"Sometimes it is not the office that makes the man but the man that makes the office." ~~ Traditional Proverb

"The darkest hour of night heralds break of dawn." ~~ Ladino Proverb

"Who is slow to anger has great understanding, who has a hasty temper exalts folly. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 14:29

"One would not be jealous of one’s friend if one could be like him. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"If you but will it, it is no fairy tale. If you will it, it is not a dream." ~~ Theodor Herzl

"A man wil soon forget his sin if he does not make it public." ~~ Mishle Agur

"Eternity means Jerusalem." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"Man looks to the outward show, but the Lord looks into the heart. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 16:7

"A bird you set free you may catch again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"Like wine, the Torah pleases the heart and improves with age." ~~ Midrash, Sifre Deuteronomy 48

"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz

"Who turns the important into the unimportant will do the reverse as well." ~~ Yitzchak Avineri