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. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Interpretation
Believe in yourself and cultivate your potential to achieve fulfillment.
This quote by Golda Meir emphasizes the importance of self-trust and personal development. By instilling confidence in oneself, individuals can create a version of themselves that brings lasting happiness, while nurturing their innate possibilities into significant achievements.
In practice
During a graduation speech to inspire students to pursue their dreams.
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.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
I suffered from low self-esteem for much of my life. And now to feel like maybe something that I'm projecting or saying could mean something to someone means a lot to me.
Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts built the Titanic
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.
The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you'll get action.
People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.
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