Winston Churchill Quotes

I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life most of which never happened.
Winston Churchill
In war as in life it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed to take up the best alternative open and if so it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
Winston Churchill
No one can guarantee success in war but only deserve it.
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We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in France we shall fight on the seas and oceans we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air 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.
Winston Churchill
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
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Do not let us speak of darker days let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
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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."
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There are few virtues which the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.
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If we open a quarrel between the past and the present we shall find we have lost the future.
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It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
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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 honour and good sense.
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Victory at all costs victory in spite of all terror victory however long and hard the hard may be for without victory there is no survival.
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The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat but they are no less difficult.
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Continuous effort-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential.
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It is no use saying "we are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
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Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
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One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
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Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
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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!
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Solitary trees if they grow at all grow strong.
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All the great things are simple and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom justice honor duty mercy hope.
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I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat.
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India is a geographical term. It is no more a United Nation than the Equator.
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He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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Politics is more dangerous than war for in war you are only killed once.
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The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."
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I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
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Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.
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Curse ruthless time! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it!
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Never give in! Never give in! Never never never never.... In nothing great or small large or petty never give in except to convictions or honor and good sense!
Winston Churchill
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air 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 halls. We shall never surrender.
Winston Churchill
Continuous efforts-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential.
Winston Churchill
The English never draw a line without blurring it.
Winston Churchill
I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat.
Winston Churchill
India is a geographical term. It is no more a United Nation than the Equator.
Winston Churchill
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Winston Churchill
Politics is more dangerous than war for in war you are only killed once.
Winston Churchill
The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."
Winston Churchill
I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
Winston Churchill
Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.
Winston Churchill
Curse ruthless time! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it!
Winston Churchill
Never give in! Never give in! Never never never never.... In nothing great or small large or petty never give in except to convictions or honor and good sense!
Winston Churchill
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air 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 halls. We shall never surrender.
Winston Churchill
Continuous efforts-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential.
Winston Churchill
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 honour and good sense.
Winston Churchill
The English never draw a line without blurring it.
Winston Churchill
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
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Terminological inexactitude
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Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty the drama of human life would be destroyed.
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I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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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.
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Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be modest about.
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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
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Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
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We are all worms but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.
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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.
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It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
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Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.
Winston Churchill
Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill