Winston Churchill Quotations
The first quality that is needed is audacity.
Never give in!
Never, never, never give up.
Never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty,
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
Never yield to force.
Never yield to the might of the enemy.
Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching -- you will reduce the danger by half.
Never run away from anything ... Never!
If you have an important point to make,
Don't try to be subtle or clever!
Use a pile driver. Hit the point once.
....Then come back and hit it again.
....Then hit it a third time - A tremendous whack.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a
single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope.
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.
I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded.
In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
I am easily satisfied with the very best.
There is no use saying, "We are doing our best."
You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite;
smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol
before, after and if need be during all meals and
in the intervals between them.
My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together,
but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
The farther backward you can look,
the farther forward you are likely to see.
The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so he can breathe without letting go.
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.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.
There is no such thing as a good tax.
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.
You have enemies? Good!
That means you've stood up for something in your life.
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