48 Shimon Peres Quotes for You to Enjoy

Shimon Peres

Israeli Statesman

Born: Aug 2, 1923

Died: Sep 28, 2016

Man Me Peace People You Young

Related authors: David Ben-Gurion Ehud Barak Ezer Weizman Moshe Katsav Moshe Sharett Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Shamir

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations. Shimon Peres

Service Moral Must Learned Privilege Public Public Service Based Foundations

You can kill a body, but you cannot kill the great and noble idea of peace. Shimon Peres

Great You Peace Noble Idea Cannot Body

Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do not stop rockets, and barbed wire does not prevent terror. Shimon Peres

Ignorance Poverty Borders Prevent Wire Firing Terror Does Shells Eradicated Rockets Artillery Stop Which Barbed Barbed Wire

You know when civilization began? With the invention of the mirror. Shimon Peres

You Mirror Invention Civilization Know Began

I knew that the most important thing a man has is in his head, and from a young age, I often studied the head structure of each person, hoping to crack his codes. I considered a high forehead a gift from God. Shimon Peres

God Man Age Gift Important Young Considered High Hoping Structure Studied Head Knew Most Most Important Thing Forehead Important Thing His Crack Person Often Young Age The Most Important Each Codes Thing

My goal in life was to serve my people, and the most important service for the Jewish people is building the land, and the basics of building the people and the country is working the land. Shimon Peres

Life Service People Country Important Building Jewish People Most Goal The Most Important Land Working Serve Basics Jewish

The wars we fought were forced upon us. Thanks to the Israel Defense Forces, we won them all, but we did not win the greatest victory that we aspired to: release from the need to win victories. Shimon Peres

Win Victory Thanks Defense Release Forced Forces Greatest Israel Were Won Did Victories Them Us Aspired Wars Fought Need

We proved that the aggressors do not necessarily emerge as the victors, but we learned that the victors do not necessarily win peace. Shimon Peres

Peace Win Emerge Learned Proved Victors Necessarily

I never was after money. It never attracted me. Shimon Peres

Me Money Never Attracted After

I have one weakness. I don't like vacations. I like to work. Shimon Peres

Work Weakness Like Vacations

There is a real need to construct a different Middle East. The Middle East must change because the world has changed. And instead of oppositional armies that are fighting usually one against another, now we have a net of terrorists that are trying to destroy everything. They are not two; they are hundreds. Shimon Peres

Change World Fighting Changed Everything Hundreds Destroy East Must Net Construct Instead Armies Another Because Terrorists Real Trying Middle Different Middle East Against Now Two Need

We are living in a world where image-making is important, so we ignore the facts. Shimon Peres

World Important Living Facts Where Ignore

In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology. Shimon Peres

Technology Science Natural Creativity Innovation Science And Technology National Our Resources Minds Through Advantage New Learned Greatest Israel Lacking Frontiers Transformed Fields Land Natural Resources Barren Deserts Flourishing Appreciate

David Ben-Gurion was a mythic figure, the founding father of Israel and a modern-day prophet, but he was also a real man who stormed through history on human legs. It was my great privilege to know him and work with him for many years. Shimon Peres

Work Great History Man Father Prophet Through David Mythic He Know Also Him Real Israel Years Real Man Privilege Human Legs Modern-Day Figure Who Many Founding