Jewish Quotations

"Don’t look for more honor than your learning merits. " ~~ Traditional Proverb

"One who guards his mouth and tongue, guards his soul from tribulations. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 21:23

"It is human nature that a man cannot all of a sudden give up all he has grown used to." ~~ Rambam

"Jerusalem which is bound firmly together (Psalms [Tehillim] 122:3) binds the Jews one to the other. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Bava Kamma

"Lazy by nature but quick to advise." ~~ Ladino Proverb

"As the stars do not quarrel among themselves, so,too, with the righteous. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.

"Put all other sufferings in one side of the scale, and poverty in the other, and poverty would be heavier." ~~ Midrash, Exodus R. 31:12

"Welcome everyone—with joy." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 1:15

"You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough." ~~ Joseph E. Levine

"Just as the mirror should be more polished than the gazer, so should the teacher be more brilliant than the pupil." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra

"A man has three that love him: his children, his money and his good deeds." ~~ Pirke Derabbi Eliezer

"Do not condemn your friend: you do not know what you would have done in his place." ~~ Hillel