Jewish Quotations

"Even the costliest clock can show no more than sixty minutes to the hour." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"If a person wishes to become a priest or a Levite, he cannot; but even a Gentile can be righteous." ~~ Midrash Tehillim

"As an olive tree does not lose its foliage in summer or winter, so Israel will never be lost, here or hereafter. " ~~ Talmud, Menahot

"I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them. " ~~ Phyllis Diller

"Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. " ~~ Leonard Bernstein

"A modest woman has good children." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember. " ~~ Oscar Levant

"If a man does not do good himself, let him not rely on what his ancestors did!" ~~ Midrash Tehillilm

"Who occupies himself with the needs of the community is as though he occupies himself with Torah." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Berakhot

"A wife is as a protective wall to her husband." ~~ Menachem Recanati

"Good deeds are better than wise sayings." ~~ Talmud, Pirke Avot

"A pretty daughter is worth half the dowry." ~~ Shalom Aleichem