Golda Meir Quotes

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.
Golda Meir

Trust, Life, Happy

Don't be humble... you're not that great.
Golda Meir

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Golda Meir

Time, Clock, Governed

Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!
Golda Meir

Through, Tell, Against

We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
Golda Meir

Struggle, Place, Secret

The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.
Golda Meir

Fight, Before, Place

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 Meir

Beautiful, Girl, True

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
Golda Meir

God, Military, Thank

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.
Golda Meir

Heart, Laugh, Whole

The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Golda Meir

Motivational, Dog, Bone

To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
Golda Meir

Equality, Successful, Job

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.
Golda Meir

Nothing, Doubt, Blame

We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Golda Meir

Israel, Grown, Rejoice

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
Golda Meir

Past, Try, Cannot

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.
Golda Meir

Heart, Laugh, Whole

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.
Golda Meir

Success, Question, Possible

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
Golda Meir

War, Said, Secret

There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.
Golda Meir

Same, Others, Decisions

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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True, Won, Anymore

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Golda Meir

Age, Nothing, Through

Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.
Golda Meir

Morning, Him, Country

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
Golda Meir

Battle, Before, Leader

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
Golda Meir

Question, Compromise, Either

Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.
Golda Meir

Women, Men, Cannot

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Golda Meir

Short, Ability, Mark

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Leader

Born: May 3, 1898

Died: December 8, 1978

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