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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. ↗

— Golda Meir

#being #being beautiful #blessing #develop #forced

The dog that trots about finds a bone. ↗

— Golda Meir

#about #bone #dog #finds

The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight. ↗

— Golda Meir

#could #did #egypt #egyptians #fight

We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go. ↗

— Golda Meir

#go #jews #our #place #secret

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either. ↗

— Golda Meir

#heart #how #know #laugh #their

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

— Golda Meir

#cotton #grown #israel #kind #new

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative. ↗

— Golda Meir

#always #arabs #had #our #said

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. ↗

— Golda Meir

#aboard #flying #like #nothing #old

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. ↗

— Golda Meir

#average man #blame #blames #doubt #his

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. ↗

— Golda Meir

#being #country #get #here #him