Jewish Proverbs

* .נפלה האבן על הקדרה, אוי לקדרה. נפלה הקדרה על האבן, אוי לקדרה
o The stone fell on the pitcher? Woe to the pitcher. The pitcher fell on the stone? Woe to the pitcher.

* Nobody leaves us, we only leave others. --Nathaniel Wenger

* Knowledge is like manure, it's only good when spread.

* In the facades we put on for others we demonstrate our potential; through our children we reveal our reality. --Lawrence Kelemen, To Kindle A Soul p. 195

* Intelligent people know of what they speak; fools speak of what they know. --Minchas Shabbos

* A Jewish man just needs to look down if he doesn’t believe the voices in his head. --Nathaniel Wenger

מי שאוכל לבד, מת לבד

* He who eats alone, dies alone.

* Prostitutes and soldiers everyone else is useless to the objective of an idea. - Nathaniel Wenger

* Helping a man across the ocean does not mean buying him goggles.

* It is an old Jewish saying that "God could not be everywhere and therefore he made Grandmothers”.

* The ones around the golden calf must wonder if the gold is more important than the calf.

* איזהו העשיר? השמח בחלקו
o Translation: Who is the rich person? The one who is happy with what he has.

* מיום שחרב בית המקדש, נלקחה הנבואה מן הנביאים, וניתנה לשוטים ולתינוקות
o Translation: Ever since the fall of the holy temple, it has come to be that prophecy was taken away from the prophets, and given to the infants and the fools

* Small children, small problems; big children, big problems.

* You always learn something even if you don’t know it.

* Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. (Lemuel, King of Massa - Proverbs 31:30)

* Who is wise? He who learns from all men -Ben Zoma

* Be exceedingly humble in spirit, for the hope of earthly man is decay -R' Levitas of Yavneh

* Anticipate every man's greeting; be a tail among lions than a head among foxes -R' Matya ben Charash