Quotes By Winston Churchill

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.

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.

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

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

If you're going through hell, keep going.

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.

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.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

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.

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

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

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

There is no such thing as a good tax.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

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.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

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

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

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.