Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
GOLDA MEIRTo be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
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It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.
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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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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.
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By the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we’d have had the oil, the Arabs would have had the sand?
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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
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Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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