David Ben-Gurion

Prime Minister, Founding Father Israeli-Polish 1886 – 1973

First Prime Minister of Israel, founding father of the state.

378 quotes

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
Courage
"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."
Fear
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
Inspiration
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Motivation
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Success
"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
Inspiration
"The future depends on what you do today."
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
Wisdom
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
Fear
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Perseverance
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
Adventure
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."
Time
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Justice
"Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
Success
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
Courage
"The only way to do impossible things is to believe they are possible."
Faith
"Every expert was once a beginner."
Knowledge
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."
Freedom
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely a matter of adjusting his attitude."
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
Kindness
"What we think, we become."
Philosophy
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."
Kindness
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away."
"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures."
Peace
"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."
Philosophy
"Don't wait for opportunity. Create it."
"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself."
Wisdom
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
Kindness