Winston Churchill

Quotes by Winston Churchill

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Quotes by Winston Churchill

“There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.” Winston Churchill

“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.” Winston Churchill

“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” Winston Churchill

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” Winston Churchill

“Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.” Winston Churchill

High Knowledge Wisdom Kite Wind

“In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.” Winston Churchill

Politics Time War Fun Kill

“What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?” Winston Churchill

“When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.” Winston Churchill

“I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside” Winston Churchill

“The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.” Winston Churchill

“Eating words has never given me indigestion.” Winston Churchill

“War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.” Winston Churchill

War Wisdom Catalogue Blunder

“When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.” Winston Churchill

“It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.” Winston Churchill

Knowledge Power Wisdom

“The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.” Winston Churchill

“We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.” Winston Churchill

“The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.” Winston Churchill

“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.” Winston Churchill

“Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.” Winston Churchill

“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.” Winston Churchill

“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.” Winston Churchill

“History is written by the victors.” Winston Churchill

History Life Wisdom Victors

“For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.” Winston Churchill

Good Important Power

“I never worry about action, but only inaction.” Winston Churchill

Action Worry Wisdom Inaction

“We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.” Winston Churchill

Fun Believe Glow Worms

“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.” Winston Churchill

Good Peace War Win

“This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.” Winston Churchill

Inspirational Time Comfort Dare Ease Endure

“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” Winston Churchill

“When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.” Winston Churchill

“True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.” Winston Churchill