I saw this page of quotes in a bathroom of the house where I was staying for shabbos. It was so cute we asked them to make copies for us after shabbos. Here they are. Some are very insightful.
1. The best way to get even is to forget.
2. Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.
3. G-d wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
4. Some folks wear their halos much too tight.
5. Some marriages are made in heaven, but they ALL have to be maintained on earth.
6. Unless you can create the WHOLE universe in 5 days, then perhaps giving advice to G-d isn't such a good idea.
7. Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks up.
8. Standing in the middle of the road is dangerous. You will get knocked down by the traffic from both ways.
9. Words are windows to the heart.
10. A skeptic is a person who sees the Handwriting on the wall and claims it's a forgery.
11. It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill; just add a little dirt.
12. A successful marriage isn't finding the right person- it's being the right person.
13. The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that held its ground.
14. Too many people offer G-d prayers, with claw marks all over them.
15. The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it.
16. To forgive is to set the prisoner free and then discover the prisoner was you.
17. You have to wonder about humans, they think G-d is dead and Elvis is alive.
18. (They missed out number 18.)
19. You'll notice that a turtle only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.
20. If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.
21. Each day comes bearing its own gifts; untie the ribbon!
Which one is your favorite, and why?
#15 because the world would be a much better place if I would hold my tongue more.
ReplyDeleteI love the first one.
ReplyDeleteSome of them I don't even understand. I think the one I find most amusing is # 17.
ReplyDelete#3) G-d wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
ReplyDeleteIt's my favorite because I can identify with its message.
I need to start a repository of quips/ideas/quotes etc. in case I ever end up behind the pulpit.
Lol. or if you ever meet a fellow Jew, or any person for that matter, and want to have something nice to share. Jokes are good too.
ReplyDeleteThere's enough stored in my biological hard drive for that. If I had to speak one or more times a week, I'd need a bigger pool to draw from.
ReplyDeleteLucky you. When it comes to telling stories, I have only one that I tell over and over again to kids. Of course it has changed with time. I have a problem remembering details.
ReplyDeleteWell if you become a rabbi or shliach just get an itouch or a droid and pull it out when you need an anecdote to share.
Right, that would work perfectly for my Shabbos speech.
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oh haha. forgot about that.
ReplyDeleteThe skeptic and the molehill, they're very good :)
ReplyDeleteAll of them; you can't have a rainbow without yellow even if you hate bananas.
ReplyDeleteMy tongue is getting very heavy with notes of relevance and annoyance.
ReplyDeleteCan't promise I like green better... but thanks.
ReplyDeleteAltieeeeee I like yellow!
ReplyDeleteSorry I realized you can't read it very well so I had to change it.
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