Winston Churchill Quotes

When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of that regime.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Success comes from continuing to strive, fail and learn without losing enthusiasm.

Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death.

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain.

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.

I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

Keep calm and carry on.

Whenever I feel the need to take some exercise I lie down until the feeling goes away.

To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.

I like a man who grins when he fights.

The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.

Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!

I began my education at a very early age; in fact, right after I left college.

The man who can master his time can master nearly anything.

It is the English-speaking nations who, almost alone, keep alight the torch of Freedom.

Great success always comes at the risk of enormous failure.

Preposition: An enormously versatile part of grammar, as in 'What made you pick this book I didn't want to be read to out of up for?'

It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.

A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

Victory will never be found by taking the path of least resistance.

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.

After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the object worship of the state.

Perfectionism spells paralysis.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Beware of driving men to desperation. Even a cornered rat is dangerous.

All the great things are simple.

Golf. Trying to knock a tiny ball into an even smaller hole with implements ill suited to the purpose.