Winston Churchill Quotes

There is not much collective security in a flock of sheep on the way to the butcher.

Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

The test of a people is what they can do when they're tired.

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend.

It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them.

In Success you deserve it and in defeat, you need it.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.

Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.

Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in the future.

The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.

Sunshine is my quest.

The person of truth must be covered with bodyguards of lies.

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

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

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

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

Any idiot can see something wrong. But can you see what is right?

Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

Men often stumble onto the truth but then quickly dust themselves off and hurry away.

I'm too busy. I have no time for worry.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

There is no purpose in living where there is nothing to do.

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.

They have done what they like. Their difficulty is to like what they have done.

The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilisation.

We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.

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

Un pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad; un optimista ve una oportunidad en cada dificultad

Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches.

...to win by one is enough.

Playing golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.

One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.

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

They feed the crocodile in the hope that he will eat them last.

The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.

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

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars.

It has not fallen to your lot to command great armies. You had to create them, organize them and inspire them.

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

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.