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.
GOLDA MEIRAt 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.
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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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