Golda Meir

Being seventy is not a sin. ”

Don't be humble... you're not that great. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. ”

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

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

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