We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.
Man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those chambers upright, with the Lord’s Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips.
If a man is talking in the forest, and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
If a man loves you… he’s willing to profess it. He’ll give you a title after a while. You’re going to be his lady, his woman, his fiancee, his wife, his baby’s mama, something.
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.
I only hope that He will let me preach to those who have never heard that name Jesus. What else is worthwhile in this life? I have heard of nothing better. ‘Lord, send me!’
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher… or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.
Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.
A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare.
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
My dad’s a teacher and a football coach, and he found a job in New Jersey.
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
In the land of the skunks, he who has half a nose is king.
The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all.
Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.
He was a wise man who invented beer.
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
When man decides he can control nature, he’s in deep trouble.
I don’t know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback.
A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.
My dad’s cooking was magic in the kitchen. But eventually over the years, his personality changed and his ability to remember recipes failed. He became paranoid and thought people were stealing from him, when often he was just misplacing things.
Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.
