Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RAwas a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, a writer, and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth30 November 1874
CityWoodstock, England
I do not hold that we should rearm in order to fight. I hold that we should rearm in order to parley.
Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen.
When you feel you cannot continue in your position for another minute, and all that is in human power has been done, that is the moment when the enemy is most exhausted, and when one step forward will give you the fruits of the struggle you have borne
Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.
Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.
Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.
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
Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.
Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.
Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.