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 MeirRead
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
Interpretation
Believe in yourself and strive to become the best version of yourself.
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-trust and personal development. Golda Meir encourages us to cultivate a self-identity that aligns with our values and aspirations, ensuring that we can be proud of who we become over our lifetime.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-acceptance and personal development.
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!
We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
It isn't really important to decide when you are very young just exactly what you want to become when you grow up. It is much more important to decide on the way you want to live. If you are going to be honest with yourself and honest with your friends, if you are going to get involved in causes which are good for others, not only for yourselves, then it seems to me that that is sufficient, and maybe what you will be is only a matter of chance.
It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.
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.
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Everything you do is right, nothing you do is wrong, yet you must still make ceaseless effort.
As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.
There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.
Pleasure puts you to sleep and pain wakes you up. If you don't want to suffer, don't go to sleep.
Fright never injures anyone. What injures the spirit is having someone always on your back, beating you, telling you what to do and what not to do
Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. If you do, your systems will work. If you don't, no system will work.
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