Quotations - Words of Wisdom 3

Jewish and Yiddish Maxims
The point of all these quotes from round the world is about illustrating just how much we have in common, so How much nicer it is to focus on what we share than what we disagree on!


"Words which come forth from the heart enter into the heart."

"What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth." 

"No man sees his own disabilities."


"A man is motivated by his own interests, and no man incriminates himself."


"The well from which thou hast drunk water, do not cast a stone into it!"


"Who is the valiant man? He who controls his passions."


"He is wise who learns from all men."


"He is rich who is content with his portion."


"There is no wage in this world for doing good deeds."


"No prosecutor becomes an advocate."


"The world is built on loving kindness."


"The smoothest way is full of stones." 

"The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have."

"Confidence is half of victory."

"If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm."

"Better ask ten times than go astray once."

"Beautiful is not what is beautiful, but what one likes."


"A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return."


"A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both."


"Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.


"First mend yourself, and then mend others."


"If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists."

"When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage."

"Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side."

"Pride joined with many virtues chokes them all."

"First learn, and then form opinions."



"I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet."



"If there is bitterness in the heart, sugar in the mouth won't make life sweeter."



"Whoever does not try, does not learn."


"If you don't aspire to great things, you won't attain small things."

"When con men meet a legitimately honest man, they are so bewildered that they consider him a greater con man than themselves."

"Let your ears hear what your mouth says."

"Life is the biggest bargain. We get it for nothing."

"Locks keep out only the honest."


"Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure."



"Pride is the mask of one's own faults."


"The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one."


"The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown."

"It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love."

"Don't sell the sun to buy a candle."

"The only truly dead are those who have been forgotten."



"The person who only accepts friends without faults will never have any real friends."



"There is no book that contains absolutely nothing bad, and there is no book that contains absolutely nothing good."



"What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul."



"When a father helps a son, both smile; but when a son must help his father, both cry."

"If the rich could hire someone else to die for them, the poor would make a wonderful living."