Winston Churchill Quotes

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give... view

By: Winston Churchill

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... view

By: Winston Churchill

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.. view

By: Winston Churchill

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival... view

By: Winston Churchill

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it... view

By: Winston Churchill

We shape our buildings.. view

By: Winston Churchill

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?.. view

By: Winston Churchill

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin... view

By: Winston Churchill

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite... view

By: Winston Churchill

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse... view

By: Winston Churchill

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else... view

By: Winston Churchill

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life... view

By: Winston Churchill

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm... view

By: Winston Churchill

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

By: Winston Churchill

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read... view

By: Winston Churchill

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise... view

By: Winston Churchill

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer... view

By: Winston Churchill

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter... view

By: Winston Churchill

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... view

By: Winston Churchill

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind... view

By: Winston Churchill

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts... view

By: Winston Churchill

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

By: Winston Churchill

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam... view

By: Winston Churchill

The first quality that is needed is audacity... view

By: Winston Churchill

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war... view

By: Winston Churchill

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings.. view

By: Winston Churchill

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty... view

By: Winston Churchill

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it... view

By: Winston Churchill

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion... view

By: Winston Churchill

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read... view

By: Winston Churchill

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure... view

By: Winston Churchill

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure... view

By: Winston Churchill

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result... view

By: Winston Churchill

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself... view

By: Winston Churchill

There is no such thing as a good tax... view

By: Winston Churchill

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you... view

By: Winston Churchill

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

By: Winston Churchill

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end.. view

By: Winston Churchill

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

By: Winston Churchill

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning... view

By: Winston Churchill

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult... view

By: Winston Churchill

The price of greatness is responsibility... view

By: Winston Churchill