Winston Churchill Quotes

In those days he was wiser than he is now.. view

By: Winston Churchill

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick themselves up and go on, anyway... view

By: Winston Churchill

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery... view

By: Winston Churchill

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law... view

By: Winston Churchill

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... view

By: Winston Churchill

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce... view

By: Winston Churchill

If you are going through hell, keep going... view

By: Winston Churchill

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future... view

By: 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... view

By: Winston Churchill

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire... view

By: Winston Churchill

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons... view

By: Winston Churchill

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks... view

By: Winston Churchill

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive... view

By: Winston Churchill

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

By: Winston Churchill

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

By: Winston Churchill

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all... view

By: Winston Churchill

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma... view

By: Winston Churchill

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better... view

By: Winston Churchill

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen... view

By: Winston Churchill

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business... view

By: Winston Churchill

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft... view

By: Winston Churchill

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time... view

By: Winston Churchill

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations... view

By: Winston Churchill

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies... view

By: 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... view

By: Winston Churchill

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak.. view

By: 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... view

By: Winston Churchill

Great and good are seldom the same man... view

By: Winston Churchill

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent... view

By: Winston Churchill

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... view

By: Winston Churchill

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... view

By: Winston Churchill

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others... view

By: Winston Churchill

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put... view

By: Winston Churchill

Eating words has never given me indigestion... view

By: Winston Churchill

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old... view

By: Winston Churchill

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have... view

By: Winston Churchill

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things... view

By: Winston Churchill

History is written by the victors... view

By: Winston Churchill

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others... view

By: Winston Churchill

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential... view

By: Winston Churchill

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all... view

By: Winston Churchill

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat... view

By: Winston Churchill