I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Don't be humble... you're not that great.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
Being seventy is not a sin.
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.
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
There is no Zionism except the rescue of Jews.
Don't be so humble - you are not that great.
Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.
A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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.
Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.
Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
Don't be so humble. You're not that great.
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this wa...
I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.