QUOTES FROM GOLDA MEIR

“We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown, and when strawberries bloom in Israel.”

“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.”

“Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.”

“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.”

“It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.”

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

“We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon – no alternative.”

“There is no such thing as a hopeless situation. Every single circumstances of your life can change.”

“We have to be aware that we are living in a world where there is terror, and the threats of terror and the reality of terror.”

“Faith… is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.”

“Don’t be so humble, you’re not that great.”

“Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.”

“The only way to deal with the Arabs is by force.”

“Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.”

“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today!” QUOTES FOR BEING YOUR BEST SELF

“You can’t build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery.”

“I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.”

“A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.”

“You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.”

“We have always said that in our war with the Arabs, we had a secret weapon – no alternative.”

“A leader who doesn’t hesitate before sending his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.”

“The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea.”

“I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.”

“The Middle East is not a powder keg. The area is more like a gas station.”

“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.”

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.”

“Every society needs educated people, but education is not the same as schooling.”

“We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.”