Now this is Chutzpah! The Essence Of Chutzpah

Chutzpah is a Yiddish word meaning gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, sheer guts plus arrogance; it's Yiddish and, as Leo Rosten writes, "no other word, and no other language," can do it justice.

This example is better than 1,000 words...

The Essence Of Chutzpah:
A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for 25 cents each. Every day a young man would leave his office building at lunchtime, and as he passed the pretzel stand, he would leave her a quarter, but never take a pretzel.

This went on for more than 3 years. The two of them never spoke.

One day, as the young man passed the old lady’s stand and left his quarter as usual, the pretzel lady spoke to him. Without blinking an eye, she said:

"They're 35 cents now."

Jewish Yiddish Proverbs

If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living - Yiddish Proverb

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks - Yiddish Proverb

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth - Yiddish proverb

A hero is someone who can keep his mouth shut when he is right - Yiddish Proverb

One old friend is better than two new ones - Yiddish Proverb

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world - Jewish Proverb

A wise man hears one word and understands two - Yiddish Proverb

"Don't be so humble - you are not that great." - Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself - Golda Meir

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction - Albert Einstein

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving - Albert Einstein

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them - Albert Einstein

You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails - Yiddish proverb

I don't want to become immortal through my work. I want to become Immortal through not dying - Woody Allen

Imagination is more important than knowledge - Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them - Albert Einstein