"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can…" — Golda Meir

"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself."

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80 Quotes by Golda Meir

Golda Meir has 80 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've…
Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to…
There is no such thing as a Palestinian people... It is not as if we came and threw them out…
How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take…
This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it…
We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own…
If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier…
I'm sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study…
We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we…
It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to…
It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has…

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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the… — Aristotle
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in… — Chinua Achebe
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher… — Jane Austen
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they… — Teresa of Avila
Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow… — Charles Babbage
Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose. — Richard Bach
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were… — Afrika Bambaataa
I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned. — Michael Bay
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. — John Barrymore
An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. — Konrad Adenauer
You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things… — Mortimer Adler

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