Winston Churchill
I let the argument rip healthily between the departments. This is a very good way to finding out the truth.Collection: Leadership
Gentleman, I am hardening on this enterprise. I repeat, I am now hardening towards this enterprise.Collection: Adversity
We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end.Collection: Inspirational
Danger, if met head on, can be nearly halvedCollection: Self Defense
Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.Collection: Philosophy
Nothing will bring American sympathy along with us so much as American blood shed in the field.Collection: Blood
I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.Collection: Children
Dead birds don't fall out of their nests.Collection: Funny
Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely "love of adventure".Collection: Adventure
I'm finished ... I'm done. What I want above all things is to take some active part in beating the Germans ... I'd go out to the Front at once.Collection: Done
Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.Collection: Sweet
It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.Collection: Adversity
You have to run risks. There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you - a precipice of caution and a precipice of over-daring.Collection: Running
God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it is. We can only do our best.Collection: Adversity
I look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.Collection: Adversity
Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forwardCollection: Adversity
I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.Collection: Horse
There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.Collection: Adversity
Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?Collection: Adversity
When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.Collection: Adversity
I'm bored with it all. Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.Collection: Boredom
Time passes swiftly, but is it not joyous to see how great and growing is the treasure we have gathered together, amid the storms and stresses of so many eventful and to millions tragic and terrible years?Collection: Stress
This fulfils my ambition. I still have my father's robe as Chancellor. I shall be proud to serve you in this splendid office.Collection: Father
... I think it would be so much better for me to learn something which would be useful to me in the army, as well as affording me exercise and amusement.Collection: Ambition
The rhinoceros stood ... about five hundred yards away ... not a twentieth-century animal at all, but an odd, grim straggler from the Stone Age.Collection: Animal
I expect you will find that change is the best kind of rest.Collection: Change
Unless some effective world supergovernment for the purpose of preventing war can be set up ... the prospects for peace and human progress are dark ....If .... it is found possible to build a world organization of irresistible force and inviolable authority for the purpose of securing peace, there are no limits to the blessings which all men enjoy and share.Collection: War
Don't be content to be the chip off the old block - be the old block itself.Collection: Wisdom
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.Collection: Fit
All I want is compliance with my wishes, after reasonable discussion.Collection: Interesting
Never give in, never give in, never give in.Collection: Graduation
Out of the depths of sorrow and sacrifice will be born again the glory of mankind.Collection: Sacrifice
If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.Collection: Attitude
Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners.Collection: Men
Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.Collection: Freedom Of Speech
Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain.Collection: Heart
I thought of a remark . . . that the United States is like a 'gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it there is no limit to the power it can generate.' Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful.Collection: Sleep
When told by a helpful aide that his flies were undone he replied 'Young man, there is no harm in leaving the cage door open if the bird is dead!Collection: Men
When someone says to me, Ugh, you smoke. I reply, Ugh, you're ugly. I can quit smoking.Collection: Smoking
I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinationsCollection: Ignorance
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.Collection: Stay Strong
Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.Collection: Courage
I propose that 100,000 degenerate Britons should be forcibly sterilized and others put in labour camps to halt the decline of the British race.Collection: Race
When I'm in office I always keep Members of Parliament talking. If they stopped they might start thinking.Collection: Thinking
Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen.Collection: Games
You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.Collection: Ambition
The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.Collection: Beautiful
If you put two economists xin a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions.Collection: Two
When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.Collection: Inspiring