The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
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.
We are all worms, But I do believe that I am a glow worm.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.
Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
