Golda Meir

"The work is never finished. It is only paused."

"I have come to understand that the measure of a life is not its length, but its depth."

"Never doubt that you can make a difference. You already are."

"The most beautiful inheritance a parent can leave a child is a world that is a little bit better because they lived in it."

"I have never been afraid of the future. I have only been afraid of wasting the present."

"A person who does not read is no better off than a person who cannot read."

"I would rather have a small state with a good future than a large state with no future."

"The only way to stop the enemy is to understand him first."

"I have learned that the most important commodity in any relationship is trust."

"We cannot undo what has been done. We can only do better going forward."

"I believe that creativity is the ability to see the world as it could be, not as it is."

"The test of a person is not their achievements, but their response to failure."

"I have come to believe that the greatest gift we can give our children is not wealth, but values."

"The world is not divided into the strong and the weak, but into the willing and the unwilling."

"I have never met a person who was happy by accident. Happiness is a choice."

"The future belongs to those who are willing to work for it today."

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

"The Negev will be settled."

"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 whether it was popular or not."

"It is not enough to be right in life; one must be right at the right time."

"Women's liberation should make it possible for every woman to be a person first, a wife and mother later if she chooses."

"Those who do not know how to fail cannot know how to succeed."

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

"Make the best of what you have."

"Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."

"The public cannot understand or tolerate secrecy; they are right to do so."

"There is no Japanese who doesn't appreciate the beauty of nature. We love nature because we understand that we are part of it."

"Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values."

"One cannot simply refuse an entire people the right to exist."

"Education is the most powerful tool we have to change the world."