Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
GOLDA MEIRNot being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
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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.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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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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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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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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I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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Women’s liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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