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 MEIRWe say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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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.
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How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia? the America I’ve known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I’ve known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.
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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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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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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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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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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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