Words to Live By
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A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself.  I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it.  You have got to discover you, whatever you do, and trust it.     Barbra Steisand
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.     Albert Einstein
All the world is a narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to be afraid at all.
     Nahman of Bratslav
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.     David ben Gurion
Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.     Moses Ibn Ezra
Don't live down to expectations.  Go out there and do something remarkable.
     Wendy Wasserstein
Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough, but not baked in the same oven.
     Yiddish Proverb     
Everybody needs his memories.  They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
     Saul Bellow
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.     Hassidic Saying
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.     Anne Frank
I am not a has-been.  I am a will be.     Lauren Bacall
I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.     Anne Frank
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.     Arthur Rubenstein
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love.  For me they are the role model for being alive.     Gilda Radner
If A equals success, then the formula is:
A = X + Y + Z
X is work.  Y is play.  Z is keep your mouth shut.
     Albert Einstein
If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time.     Shimon Peres
If I am not for myself, who is for me?  And when I am for myself, what am I?  And if not now, when?     Rabbi Hillel 
(note:  This saying has also been translated as:  If I am not for myself, who will be for me?  And if I am only for myself, what am I?  And if not now, when?)
If you are not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.     Woody Allen 
If you will it, it is not a dream.     Theodore Herzl
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.     Lauren Bacall
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.     Anne Frank
Light is not recognized except through darkness.     Jewish Proverb
Never apologize for showing feeling.  When you do so, you apologize for truth.
     Benjamin Disraeli
Only a life lived for others is worth living.     Albert Einstein
Promote yourself, but do not demote another.     Israel Salanter
Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.
     Walter Kaufmann
Sometimes small things lead to great joys.     S.Y. Agnon
Summertime, and the livin' is easy.     Ira Gershwin
The cure for boredom is curiosity.  There is no cure for curiosity.     Dorothy Parker
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.     Benjamin Disraeli
The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.
     Hassidic Saying
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.  It is the source of all true art and science.     Albert Einstein
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.     Ann Landers (born Esther Pauline Friedman)
The whole worth of a kind deed lies in the love that inspires it.     The Talmud
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.     Beverly Sills
There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as though everything is a miracle.     Albert Einstein
There's no such thing as a free lunch.     Milton Friedman
Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh, either.     Golda Meir
Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstriped suit.     Senator Dianne Feinstein
Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.     Dinah Shore
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
     Albert Einstein   
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.     Anne Frank
What is hateful to you do not do to your neighbor.  That is the whole Torah.  The rest is commentary.  Go and study.     Rabbi Hillel
When I was young I admired clever people.  Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
     Abraham Joshua Heschel
Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.     The Talmud
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.  He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.     Anne Frank
You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.
     Lauren Bacall 
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
     Beverly Sills
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