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Some wise & prescient words of torah on this week's parsha from one of the greatest rabbis of our generation, @rabbisacks zt’’l:
"The great human beings are not those who never fail. They are those who survive failure, who keep on going, who refuse to be defeated, who never..."
"The great human beings are not those who never fail. They are those who survive failure, who keep on going, who refuse to be defeated, who never..."
"give up or give in. They keep trying. They learn from every mistake. They treat failure as a learning experience. And from every refusal to be defeated, they become stronger, wiser and more determined. That is the story of Moses’ life in both parshat Shemot & parshat Vaera...."
"...Rabbi Hutner’s point is that greatness cannot be achieved without failure. There are heights you cannot climb without first having fallen. For many years, I kept on my desk a quote from Calvin Coolidge, sent by a friend who knew how easy it is to be discouraged.”
"It said: 'Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts...."
"...Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.'"
"I would only add, 'And seyata diShmaya, the help of Heaven.' God never loses faith in us, even if we sometimes lose faith in ourselves. The supreme role model is Moses who, despite all the setbacks..."
"I would only add, 'And seyata diShmaya, the help of Heaven.' God never loses faith in us, even if we sometimes lose faith in ourselves. The supreme role model is Moses who, despite all the setbacks..."
"...chronicled in last week’s parsha and this week’s, eventually became the man of whom it was said that he was 'a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were undimmed and his energy unabated.' (Deut. 34:7)"
"Defeats, delays & disappointments hurt. They hurt even for Moses. So if there are times when we, too, feel discouraged & demoralised, it is important to remember that even the greatest people failed. What made them great is that they kept going."
"The road to success passes through many valleys of failure. There is no other way."
The weekly insights of @rabbisacks zt’’l are worth reading in full this week and all weeks here: https://rabbisacks.org/vaera-5781/
The weekly insights of @rabbisacks zt’’l are worth reading in full this week and all weeks here: https://rabbisacks.org/vaera-5781/
