Jewish Quotations

"I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. " ~~ Anne Frank

"It takes twenty years to make an overnight success. " ~~ Eddie Cantor

"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot. " ~~ Groucho Marx

"Draw out your soul to the hungry." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 58:10

"All the care in the world will not help you or save you from death." ~~ Tachkemoni

"The test of good manners: to bear patiently with bad ones." ~~ Ibn Gabirol

"No one lifts a finger on earth unless it is so decreed in heaven." ~~ Talmud, Chullin

"Jerusalem will only be redeemed through [the merit of giving] charity. " ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 139a

"The workshop of the nation’s soul. [School] " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

"If there are more than twenty-five children in an elementary class, appoint an assistant. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra 21a

"The man capable of deceiving himself is much more dangerous than the man capable only of deceiving others." ~~ Shim’oni

"A good man doesn’t just happen. They have to be created by us women. A guy is a lump like a doughnut." ~~ Roseanne Barr