Yomtov Quotes & Sayings

Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color ... — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It's always like a miracle. No matter how bad everything was on ordinary days, no matter how poor they seemed, on Yontev
like on Shabbos
they suddenly seemed rich. — Ruth Tessler Goldstein

There is no such thing as a sphere for sex. Every man has a different sphere, in which he may or may not shine, and it is the same with every woman, and the same woman may have a different sphere at different times. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Well, I'm English, so it's intimidating to step anywhere. I used to be painfully shy. I wouldn't say that I'm painfully shy anymore. But if I have the option of sitting on the edge of a circle, I will. — Gavin Rossdale

Greetings, half blood. You have gained power, I see. Asmodeus will be pleased." "Asmodeus can go fuck himself. — Pippa DaCosta

What is "normal"? Everyone is unique. "Normal" is just a lie. There's no such thing as "Normal — Me

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world. — Samuel Richardson

The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors. — John Stuart Mill

I'm so dull, the fucking cat runs away about three times a month just to get a little excitement. And — MaryJanice Davidson

We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus. — Shane Claiborne

Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone. Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and thinking about the next crime? Or do we want them having a little purpose in life and learning a skill? — John Ensign

I think modern education over-emphasizes the intellect. I suppose that comes from the scientific trend of the times. You cannot obtain a useful citizen if you only develop his intellect. We take children from their parents because these cannot give them an intellectual training. So far, good. But we fail to give them that training in character which parents alone can give. Home influence, as Grace Aguilar conceived it where has it gone? It strikes me that this is a grave danger for the future. We are rearing up a brood of crafty egoists, a generation whose earliest recollections are those of getting something for nothing from the State.
I am inclined to trace our present social unrest to this over-valuation of the intellect. It hardens the heart and blights all generous impulses. What is going to replace the home, Mr. Keith? — Norman Douglas