"Your talk on the Sabbath should not be like your talk on a weekday." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"A charity pledge may be taken even on Sabbath eve. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"Who observes the Sabbath is as though he created it." ~~ Mekhilta
"It is the Sabbath, and one should not weep, for healing is nigh to come." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"The Sabbath never ceases to be." ~~ Mekhilta
"More than Israel has preserved the Sabbath, the Sabbath has preserved Israel." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"Three things have a faint savor of the world to come: Sabbath, the sun and married love." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"Great is the Sabbath, since it outweighs all religious precepts." ~~ Midrash Gadol Ugdula
"The Sabbath is the Queen of the week." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 119a
"To eat and drink on a festival in the company of your family without providing for the poor and distressed, is not “the joy of the commandment” but the joy of your stomach. It is a disgrace." ~~ Maimonides
"The Sabbath and holidays are the primary reason for Jewish endurance and glory." ~~ Judah Halevi
"It is permissible to assign charity to the poor on the Sabbath." ~~ Eleazar b. Pedat