Golda Meir Quotes

19 quotes

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

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

"Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?"

on Relationships

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

on History

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

on Truth

"The dog that trots about finds a bone."

on Life

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

on Emotions

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

on Humor

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

on Leadership

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

on Time

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

on Emotions

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life."

on Self Awareness

"Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse."

on Gender

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

on Time

"Don't be so humble. You're not that great."

on Humor

"The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations."

on Peace

"Don't be humble. You're not that great."

on Humor

"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do."

on Life

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

on Emotions

"Don't be so humble - you are not that great."

on Humor