The Jewish Wisdom Database

To turn $100 into $110 is work. To turn $100 million into $110 million is inevitable.

Everybody likes a kidder but nobody loans him money.

I've had great success being a total idiot.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

A bargain has charm for the customer.

Do not bargain when you are out of cash!

A man who does not want to buy should not say to a vendor: 'How much does this thing cost?'

The side that changes an agreement will be the loser.

Three things have charm: a place to its residents, a woman to her husband, a bargain to its customer, and some say, also, the Torah to its students.

Small coins add up to large sums.

If one member of the company dies, let the whole company take care!

Do not compete just to do evil!

The force of a compromise is greater than of a judgment.

Compromise is best whenever practicability prevails.

A contract is valid only for honest men.

Whoso argues merely for the sake of argument is a boor.

If you swim against the current, you cannot stop: you can go either forward or back.

When you die, you will take your sins to the grave with you and leave your money behind to your kin.

There is no greater worry than debt.

He who pays his debt adds to his capital.