Winston Churchill
About
Sir Winston Churchill was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
Quotes
History is written by the victors.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen
To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
I am easily satisfied with the very best.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen
To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
I am easily satisfied with the very best.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
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