To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
Golda Meir

To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
Golda Meir

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

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

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

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

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