Winston Churchill quotes

Born
November 30, 1874.

Died
January 24, 1965.

Occupation
Prime Minister, journalist.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
– Winston Churchill

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
– Winston Churchill

Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.
– Winston Churchill

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.
– Winston Churchill

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
– Winston Churchill

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
– Winston Churchill

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

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
– Winston Churchill

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
– Winston Churchill

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
– Winston Churchill

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
– Winston Churchill

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong.
– Winston Churchill

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
– Winston Churchill

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
– Winston Churchill

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
– Winston Churchill

For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
– Winston Churchill

It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
– Winston Churchill

History is written by the victors.
– Winston Churchill

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
– Winston Churchill

The first quality that is needed is audacity.
– Winston Churchill

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
– Winston Churchill

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.
– Winston Churchill

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.
– Winston Churchill

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.
– Winston Churchill

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.
– Winston Churchill

The price of greatness is responsibility.
– Winston Churchill

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.
– Winston Churchill

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy’s aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
– Winston Churchill

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
– Winston Churchill

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
– Winston Churchill

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
– Winston Churchill

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.
– Winston Churchill

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
– Winston Churchill

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
– Winston Churchill

Never, never, never give up.
– Winston Churchill

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.
– Winston Churchill

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.
– Winston Churchill

If you’re going through hell, keep going.
– Winston Churchill

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.
– Winston Churchill