17 Quotes by Shmuley Boteach

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Americans consume three quarters of the world’s anti-depressants because materialism will never bring happiness.

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

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.

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