49 Famous Quotes by Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was a British politician, statesman, and writer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders in modern history. He played a key role in shaping the course of World War II and helped to lead the Allies to victory. Churchill was a gifted orator and his speeches are considered some of the most powerful and inspiring in history. He was also a prolific writer, producing a wide range of works including biographies, histories, and essays. Churchill's contributions to British politics and society were numerous, and his legacy continues to inspire people around the world. (Winston Churchill Biography).
Winston Churchill Famous Quotes
1. "If you're going through hell, keep going."
2. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
3. "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
4. "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
5. "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
6. "Never, never, never give up."
7. "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."
8. "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
9. "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
10. "The price of greatness is responsibility."
11. "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."
12. "Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it."
13. "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
14. "I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."
15. "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
16. "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
17. "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
18. "The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."
19. "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."
20. "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
21. "All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
22. "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."
23. "No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it."
24. "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see."
25. "Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
26. "If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future."
27. "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."
28. "We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."
29. "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."
30. "I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught."
31. "I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."
32. "Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others."
33. "We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."
34. "It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
35. "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
36. "Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong."
37. "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
38. "History is written by the victors."
39. "It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time."
40. "To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."
41. "Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse."
42. "I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."
43. "Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game."
44. "My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me."
45. "Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."
46. "I never worry about action, but only inaction."
47. "Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war."
48. "There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion."
49. "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."
― Winston Churchill Quotes
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