Boteach Shmuley Quotes & Sayings

The special life is where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, the natural becomes miraculous, the everyday becomes unique. Finding the magic and wonder within nature is the most assured means by which children rediscover the joy of life. — Shmuley Boteach

I diagnosed brain overload and set up a spreadsheet to analyze the situation. — Graeme Simsion

She was looking for a husband, partly because she was afraid no one might want her, partly because
she couldn't decide what to do with herself until that problem was solved, partly because everyone else was looking for a husband. — A.S. Byatt

I believe he's been asked to testify today," I told Lennox, who'd continued to track Truman's progress through the room. "He's a member of the historical undead, Truman Capote, the author. He wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood."...
"Hi, Truman, you're sitting next to me," I said, pulling out his chair. I figured after he'd asked me to suck on his cherry, we should be on a first-name basis. — Suzanne Johnson

None of us is born thinking we are ordinary. Feeling special is an essential part of the human birthright. If you don't think you are special, you won't seek to contribute your gift to the world. — Shmuley Boteach

For-profit does not belong in a taxpayer-funded health system. For-profit means cutting medical services to patients, and payments to providers, to preserve profits. — Mimi Kennedy

The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go. — Henry Fielding

Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

The good life (for your kids) is where you make the ordinary extraordinary, where you make the natural miraculous. It's where you make the everyday unique. — Shmuley Boteach

Americans consume three quarters of the world's anti-depressants because materialism will never bring happiness. — Shmuley Boteach

Life if curious when reduced to its essentials — Jean Rhys

There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love. — Shmuley Boteach

Now, I don't usually talk about anyone's kids but the way she had disrespected mine, I didn't give a fuck about hers. — Tynessa

Our lives are nothing but a short span of time. And if we spend tons of time earning money that we simply throw away, then we're throwing away part of our potential. — Shmuley Boteach

Women want to be chosen. — Shmuley Boteach

Optimistic parents raise resilient children, but pessimistic parents raise broken offspring. Wherever there is darkness, show your children the light. — Shmuley Boteach

I knew in my bones that while it could do good, the money could also do harm. Greed burns everything on its path. — Gregoire Delacourt

In our current state of human development it remains unclear whether we will correct one of life's greatest tragedies, namely, the inability to appreciate a blessing until it is lost. — Shmuley Boteach

Ten percent of life is what happens; the other 90 percent is what you do about it. — Shmuley Boteach

My parents divorced when I was a boy and I have since devoted my life to healing families, which is what my TV show 'Shalom in the Home' is all about. — Shmuley Boteach

If economic catastrophe does come, will it be a time that draws Christians together to share every resource we have, or will it drive us apart to hide in our own basements or mountain retreats, guarding at gunpoint our private stores from others? If we faithfully use our assets for his kingdom now, rather than hoarding them, can't we trust our faithful God to provide for us then? — Randy Alcorn

The father is the sun, the mother is the moon and the light they mutually shed on their kids makes them bright stars against a very dark night. — Shmuley Boteach

My father always said, 'It ain't bragging if it's true.' — Rex Smith

The best gift we can give each other is the gift of time
those precious, special, eternal moments. — Shmuley Boteach

The type of thing that one person would get mad at, another person would laugh at, is a good kind of zone to be in. — Nathan Fielder

Jesus Christ is the most famous Jew of all time, but is today remembered as a Christian. Surprisingly, the Jewish community has accepted this distortion of history, and tends to regard Jesus as an apostate. How odd that the Jews would accept a Christian version of one of their brethren rather than seeking to discover the man entombed beneath the myth. — Shmuley Boteach

This is a generation that is really detached from the core, human values that lead to dignity. — Shmuley Boteach