"Let me tell you the one thing I have against Moses. He took us forty years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place in the Middle East that has no oil! " ~~ Golda Meir
"To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be. " ~~ Golda Meir
"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. " ~~ Golda Meir
"Don’t be humble. You’re not that great." ~~ Golda Meir
"We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon – no alternative. " ~~ Golda Meir
"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. " ~~ Golda Meir
"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
"Whether women are better than men I cannot say— but they are certainly no worse. " ~~ Golda Meir
"You”ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. " ~~ Golda Meir
"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. " ~~ Golda Meir
"At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent. " ~~ Golda Meir
"To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. " ~~ Golda Meir