Wisdom Archives - Jewish Quotations

"If you do not aspire to great things, you will not achieve even little ones." ~~ Imre Binah

"If youth knew; if age could. " ~~ Sigmund Freud

"A wise man incapable of resigning himself to his destiny is not wise." ~~ Jacob Klatzkin

"Do not compete just to do evil!" ~~ Psalms/Tehillim 37:8

"Who is honored? He that honors mankind." ~~ Avot 4:1

"Wisdom without action is like a tree without fruit." ~~ Yosef Qinchi

"A rope drawn too tight is apt to snap." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"From the morning one can judge how the whole day will be. " ~~ Ladino Proverb

"There is a long way that is short and a short one that is long." ~~ Talmud, Eiruvin

"Heart and eyes are brokers of the body. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.

"Let’s have some new cliches." ~~ Samuel Goldwyn

"A man shows his character by three things: his tipping, his tippling, and his temper." ~~ Talmud, Eiruvin 65b