Winston S. Churchill: Trending quotes (page 9)

“How fortunate it was for the world that when these great trials came upon it there was a generation that terror could not conquer and brutal violence could not enslave.”

“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.”

“The maxim ‘Nothing avails but perfection’ may be spelt shorter: ‘Paralysis.”

“I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.”

“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”

“No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.”

“Eating words has never given me indigestion.”

“Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.”

“When I look back on all these worries 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 had never happened.”

“I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”

“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, 'it is the quality which guarantees all others.”

“Do you know why the nose of the bull dog is sloped backwards? So it can keep on breathing without ever letting go.”

“There is no such thing as a good tax.”

“Success always demands a greater effort.”

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.”

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

“A modest little person, with much to be modest about.”

“The way to achieve happiness is to try for perfection that is impossible to achieve, and spend the rest of your life trying to achieve it.”

“Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.”