Golda Meir Quotes

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

All I had was wrestling. If I'm not good at the only thing I have in life, I've got to get better at it.

I may be running out of options, but running out isn't an option.

I do what I have to do," I say. I do what I have to do to save him. I do what I have to do to save Todd.

The impossible becomes possible when your back is against the wall

The desperate usually succeed because they have nothing to lose.

What would it take for me to eat human flesh? If that was the only way to stay alive, I would. I would eat anything.

When one must, one can.

In our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon – no alternative

Some people were breaking in to get food for their families. They were in survivor mode. Don’t confuse that with a guy carting off a 64 inch television set and looting…. The test is take the mirror and put it in front of your face and ask what would you do.

The key to all things is determination.

Necessity, which even makes cowards brave ...

People say it’s a radical proposal. Well, I think to have the current situation is what is radical. No other country has anything like it.

We cannot afford to lose. This may be our last stand in history. The Jewish people have something to give to the world. I believe if you look at our history and at all the difficulties we have survived, it means that history wants us to continue.

He wanted to win in the worst way.

Only the will is often wanting.

A starving man thinks first of satisfying his hunger before anything else. He will sell his liberty and all for the sake of getting a morsel of food.

I don’t care if it’s horse piss. It works!

Press on!--For in the grave there is no work And no device--Press on! while yet ye may!

That which fires youth, generally rings true.

Persistence is a secret weapon for everyone.

At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved.