The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet.
Interpretation
Holocaust survivors display remarkable resilience and strength in the face of unimaginable adversity.
Jonathan Sacks expresses profound admiration for Holocaust survivors, highlighting their extraordinary capacity to inspire others through their experiences. Their stories of survival and resilience serve as powerful reminders of the human spirit's ability to endure even the darkest of times, offering lessons in courage and hope for future generations.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of resilience in overcoming challenges.
Stabilizing the euro is one thing, healing the culture that surrounds it is another. A world in which material values are everything and spiritual values nothing is neither a stable state nor a good society. The time has come for us to recover the Judeo-Christian ethic of human dignity in the image of God.
Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.
Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not, 'What happened?' but rather, 'How then shall I live?' And it's only with the exodus that the life of the commands really begins.
Why did God create mankind? Because God likes stories.
Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.
Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.
Go forth in confidence and go forth in peace. For there are angels to your left and angels to your right; angels in front of you and angels behind you; angels above you and angels below. You are loved, and you are not alone.
You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever.
Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going without me.
Even in bad times, always say thank you. Whatever you are going through, God is using you to get through. God has already put a rainbow in the cloud.
Women watch and say, 'I like watching you control your own space. It's motivated me to do better, to go back to college, to even try law school. My daughter's been watching you since she's 10 - I love the fact that she's watching a strong woman who's in control.' All of those things are good, positive things.
It's all so surreal, and I'm living my dream. And you know, principal or not, I'm getting to dance all the roles that I've dreamed of doing.
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