Quotes By Winston Churchill

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

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

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

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

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

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

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

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.

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

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

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

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

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

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

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

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

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

Never, never, never give up.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

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.

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.

A politician needs 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.

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

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.