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Golda Meir Quotes and Quotations
Don't be so humble. You're not that great. We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs - we have no place to go. Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse. Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else? 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. I want to be able to live without a crowded calendar. I want to be able to read a book without feeling guilty, or go to a concert when I like. Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do. 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. 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. I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never afford himself. The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations. 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. Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either. Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do. Don't be humble. You're not that great. |