Age Quotes - Page 163

I think the average Jew is probably sharper intellectually than the average gentile, because for years and years he's had to live by his wits. Consequently, there has evolved a race of Jews who are more agile mentally than the rest of us.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.

You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage.

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside.

Dispirited, unmotivated, unappreciated workers cannot compete in a highly competitive world.

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Have courage. We still have our clan. There is always hope.

It's a happy life, but someone is missing. It's a happy life, and someone is missing.

Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy.

An hour saved at the non-bottleneck is a mirage.

If we could see that everything, even tragedy, is a gift in diguise, we would then find the best way to nourish the soul.

Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.

Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?

Love will heal What language fails to know

After we have made our requests known to Him, our language should be, "Thy will be done". I would a thousand times rather that Gods' will should be done than my own.

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. ... If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive. ... If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident. ... If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love.

My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.

Students will read if we give them the books, the time, and the enthusiastic encouragement to do so. If we make them wait for the one unit a year in which they are allowed to choose their own books and become readers, they may never read at all. To keep our students reading, we have to let them.

I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.

It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.