Jewish Quotations

"It is wise to work as well as study Torah; between the two, you will forget to sin." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 2:2

"As between relatives and poor strangers, relatives come first. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia

"To boast of the help you gave a brother in need is to cancel the good of your deed." ~~ Samuel Ha-Nagid

"The righteous say little and do much." ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia

"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