Quotes of Golda Meir - somelinesforyou

“ Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Don’t be so humble – you are not that great. ”

- Golda Meir

“ A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. ”

- Golda Meir

“ I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. ”

- Golda Meir

“ The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Don’t be so humble – you are not that great. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Don’t be so humble – you are not that great. ”

- Golda Meir

“ We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. ”

- Golda Meir

“ One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that. ”

- Golda Meir

“ To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Not being beautiful was the true blessing… Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome. ”

- Golda Meir

“ A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. ”

- Golda Meir

“ As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil! ”

- Golda Meir

“ Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. ”

- Golda Meir

“ We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel. ”

- Golda Meir

“ There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. ”

- Golda Meir

“ What do you gain, Soviet Union, from this miserable policy? Where is your decency? Would it be a disgrace for you to give up this battle? ”

- Golda Meir

“ I want to be able to live without a crowded calendar. I want to be able to read a book without feeling guilty, or go to a concert when I like. ”

- Golda Meir

“ To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. ”

- Golda Meir

“ At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent. ”

- Golda Meir

“ Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil! ”

- Golda Meir

“ We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative. ”

- Golda Meir

“ The dog that trots about finds a bone. ”

- Golda Meir

“ We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go. ”

- Golda Meir

“ I want to be able to live without a crowded calendar. I want to be able to read a book without feeling guilty, or go to a concert when I like. ”

- Golda Meir
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