Famous quotes by Leaders

"Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either"

Golda Meir, Leader

"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, Leader

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

Golda Meir, Leader

"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"

Golda Meir, Leader

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

Golda Meir, Leader

"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore"

Golda Meir, Leader

"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"

Golda Meir, Leader

"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it"

Golda Meir, Leader

"The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals"

Golda Meir, Leader

"The dog that trots about finds a bone"

Golda Meir, Leader

"I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - Cold War"

Golda Meir, Leader

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

Golda Meir, Leader

"Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this"

Golda Meir, Leader

"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, Leader

"As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing"

Golda Meir, Leader

"The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with"

Golda Meir, Leader

"Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom"

Golda Meir, Leader

"Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short"

Golda Meir, Leader

"There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse"

Golda Meir, Leader

"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, Leader

"I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively!"

Golda Meir, Leader

"Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys"

Golda Meir, Leader

"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader"

Golda Meir, Leader

"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger"

Buddha, Leader

"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent"

Buddha, Leader

"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace"

Buddha, Leader

"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed!"

Buddha, Leader

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared"

Buddha, Leader

"Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death"

Buddha, Leader

"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it"

Buddha, Leader

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