Jewish Quotations

"I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. " ~~ Anne Frank

"Just as the reward is great, so is the punishment." ~~ Tanchuma

"Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! " ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 23:13

"Stand not in a place of danger. saying, “a miracle may happen to me!”" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"Be the master good or bad, the servant is still a servant." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"If you grasp too much, you cannot hold it; when you take a little, you can." ~~ Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 4b

"Crime is its own punishment. " ~~ Chaim of Valozhin

"I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. " ~~ Woody Allen

"One should not pray in levity and jest, but in gravity and the joy of doing good." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"Whoever does no work will suffer all his life." ~~ Maimonides

"There are three gates to Gehinam (purgatory) – one of them is in Jerusalem. " ~~ Talmud, Eiruvin 19a

"Even the wisest of kings needs advice." ~~ Meiri