Jewish Proverb
» Angels » “Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.”
» Complaints and Complaining » “I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes — until I met a man who had no feet.”
» Control » “You can’t force anyone to love you or lend you money.”
» Crime and Criminals » “Locks keep out only the honest.”
» Difficulties » “If you can’t go over, you must go under.”
» Family » “One of life’s greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn’t good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.”
» Family » “When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.”
» Family » “Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.”
» Fools and Foolishness » “Don’t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.”
» God » “God is closest to those with broken hearts.”
» God » “If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.”
» Gossip » “Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.”
» Gossip » “What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t witness with your mouth.”
» Grief » “All things grow with time — except grief.”
» Insults » “He who puts up with insult invites injury.”
» Intelligence and Intellectuals » “You don’t need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.”
» Leisure » “When a habit begins to cost money, it’s called a hobby.”
» Listening » “No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.”
» Loneliness » “Loneliness breaks the spirit.”
» Love » “It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love.”
» Modesty » “Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.”
» Money » “If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.”
» Mothers » “God could not be everywhere, and therefore He made mothers.”
» Mothers » “God couldn’t be everywhere, so he created mothers”
» Mothers » “A mother understands what a child does not say.”
» Parents and Parenting » “He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief.”
» Prayer » “Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure.”
» Pride » “Pride is the mask of one’s own faults.”
» Service » “The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.”
» Sin » “Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.”
» Stupidity » “Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless.”
» Tears » “What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.”
» Trust » “Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.”
