Top quotes by Winston S. Churchill

In War: Resolution,In Defeat: Defiance,In Victory: MagnaminityIn Peace: Good Will. Votes: 13

An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, "If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea." Churchill's response, "Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it. Votes: 11

Extolling the virtues of conservation of energy, Churchill advised, Never stand when you can sit, and never sit when you can lie down. Votes: 10

A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly. Votes: 8

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril. Votes: 7

One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'. Votes: 7

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Votes: 7

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. Votes: 4

Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries [WWII] Votes: 4

The wars of people will be more terrible than those of kings. Votes: 4

My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked. Votes: 4

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Votes: 4

During their lifetimes, every man and woman will stumble across a great opportunity. Sadly, most of them will simply pick themselves up, dust themselves down and carry on as if nothing ever happened. Votes: 4

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Votes: 4

Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics, many times. Votes: 3

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.. Votes: 3

Of this I am certain, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future. Votes: 2

You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, 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. Votes: 1

Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Votes: 1

This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors Votes: 1

Nations that went down fighting rose again, but those who surrendered tamely were finished. Votes: 1

War will find us whether we are ready or not. Votes: 1

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. Votes: 1

A kite flies against the wind, not with it. Votes: 1

I decline utterly to be impartial between the fire brigade and the fire. Votes: 1

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me Votes: 1

You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. Votes: 1

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. Votes: 1

I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact. Votes: 1

This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put. Votes: 1

This is just the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put. Votes: 0

A preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with. Votes: 0

It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than to apply them. Votes: 0

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Votes: 0

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Votes: 0

In every age there comes a time when a leader must come forward to meet the needs of the hour. Therefore, there is no potential leader who does not have the opportunity to make a positive difference in society. Votes: 0

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."[On British Labour politician Stafford Cripps.] Votes: 0

Good and great are seldom in the same man. Votes: 0

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Votes: 0

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Votes: 0

The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences. Votes: 0

How fortunate it was for the world that when these great trials came upon it there was a generation that terror could not conquer and brutal violence could not enslave. Votes: 0

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history. Votes: 0

If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your triumphant struggle against the bestial appetites and passions of Leninism."(Speech in Rome on 20 January, 1927, praising Mussolini) Votes: 0

The longer you look back, the farther you can look forward. Votes: 0

I like to live in the past. I don't think people are going to get much fun in the future. Votes: 0

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. Votes: 0

If you are going through hell, keep going. Votes: 0

Never, never, never give in! Votes: 0

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required. Votes: 0

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Votes: 0

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. Votes: 0

In the long years to come, not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, look back to what we've done, and they will say 'do not despair, do not yield...march straightforward. Votes: 0

Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found. Votes: 0

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. Votes: 0

Logic, like science, must be the servant and not the master of man. Votes: 0

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour. Votes: 0

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Votes: 0

I am a man of simple tastes easily satisfied with the best Votes: 0

Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened. Votes: 0

People stumble over the truth from time to time,but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Votes: 0

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Votes: 0

The most frightful of all spectacles is the strength of the civilization without its mercy. Votes: 0

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. Votes: 0

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Votes: 0

Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see. Votes: 0

This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning. Votes: 0

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Votes: 0