Gedolim Quotes – Page 4 – Words of wisdom from the wisest men in Jewish History

Man is free in his imagination, but bound by his reason.

R Yisrael Salanter

Topics: Imagination, Reason

Don’t pray to Hashem to ask for what you want. Pray to thank him for all that you already have.

R Zecharia Wallerstein

Topics: prayer

There is no greater illness than discouragement!

R Yisrael Salanter

Topics: Discouragement

Challenges are not sent to destroy you, they are sent to promote you.

R Zecharia Wallerstein

Topics: Challenges

The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems.

Topics: Authenticity

There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.

Topics: Arrogance

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

Topics: Charity

Nobody finds themselves in a situation; you put yourself in that situation and you can put yourself in another situation.

R Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Topics: Obstacles, Tests

A truth does not become greater by repetition.

Topics: Truth

I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it.

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

Topics: Hostility, Patience