Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meirwas an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman and politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth3 May 1898
CityKiev, Ukraine
CountryIsrael
jobs successful equality
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
country morning thinking
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.
giving-up humorous smoking
I don't want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there's no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won't die young.
home dark night
Once in a Cabinet we had to deal with the fact that there had been an outbreak of assaults on women at night. One minister suggested a curfew; women should stay home after dark. I said, 'But it's the men who are attacking the women. If there's to be a curfew, let the men stay home, not the women.
women believe overcoming
Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
peace war alternatives
The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
sympathy expression people
There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
inspirational adversity sparring-partner
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
friendship fate world
We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
mean society tools
But the individual was not a tool for something. He was the maker of tools. He was the one who must build. Even for the best purpose it is criminal to turn an individual into simply a means for some ultimate end. A society in which the dignity of the individual is destroyed cannot hope to be a decent society.
struggle believe overcoming
It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
feelings guilt used
You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
funny birthday women
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
airplane flying age
My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you're in it there's nothing you can do. You can't stop a plane, you can't stop a storm, you can't stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.