Winston Churchill Quotes

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

“In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.”

“I would tell myself that I was about to address the largest mass assembly of idiots ever gathered in the history of mankind.”

“It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.”

“No two on earth in all things can agree. All have some daring singularity.”

“We make our buildings, and then our buildings make and shape us.”

“The short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.”

“Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party”

“Great success always comes at the risk of enormous failure.”

“If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation. If you want me to speak for thirty minutes, it will take me a week to prepare. If you want me to speak for an hour, I am ready now.”

“For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.”

“I had a feeling once about mathematics - that I saw it all... but it was after dinner and I let it go.”

“I do not presume to explain how to paint, but only how to get enjoyment.”

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

“Courage is the greatest virtue because it guarantees all the rest.”

“Even fools are right sometimes.”

“Things do not get better by being left alone.”

“Young people at universities study to achieve knowledge and not to learn a trade. We must all learn how to support ourselves, but we must also learn how to live. We need a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of modern engineers.”

“Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”

“If you don't take change by the hand, it will take you by the throat.”

“There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.”

“I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.”

“Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre & men of straw. They will have sweet tongues & silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power & India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would come when even air & water would be taxed in India.”

“We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Our qualities and deeds must burn and glow through the gloom oEurope until they become the veritable beacon oits salvation.”

“I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.”