(9 quotes found)
“You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.”
Golda Meir
“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.”
“I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.”
“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.”
“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”
“Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”