A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
GOLDA MEIRIt isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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I don’t want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there’s no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won’t die young.
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I have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.
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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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I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism.
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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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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.
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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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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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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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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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