“There is always a strong case for doing nothing, especially for doing nothing yourself.”

The World Crisis, 1911–1914 : Chapter XV (Antwerp), Churchill, Butterworth (1923), p. 340.
Early career years (1898–1929)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "There is always a strong case for doing nothing, especially for doing nothing yourself." by Winston S. Churchill?
Winston S. Churchill photo
Winston S. Churchill 601
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874–1965

Related quotes

Hayao Miyazaki photo
Ram Dass photo
Thomas Jackson photo

“Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; waste nothing.”

Thomas Jackson (1824–1863) Confederate general

Misattributed, Jackson's personal book of maxims

Richelle Mead photo
Fausto Cercignani photo

“If you persevere in your rancor, you do nothing but keep feeding yourself on poison.”

Fausto Cercignani (1941) Italian scholar, essayist and poet

Examples of self-translation (c. 2004), Quotes - Zitate - Citations - Citazioni

Ben Carson photo

“Give your best. Settle for nothing less than doing your best for yourself and for others.”

Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 87

Jerry Seinfeld photo
Norman Mailer photo

Related topics