Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
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Winston Churchill
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About Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a member of Parliament (MP) and represented a total of five constituencies over that time. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which h…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Winston ChurchillIt is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
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.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
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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.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
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.
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
Politics is 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.
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.