Winston Churchill

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put.

We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.

Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?

Failure is success if we learn from it.

Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.

In the end, people will judge you anyway, so don’t live our life impressing other – live your life impressing yourself.

A man’s action is only a picture book of his creed.

The true poem is the poet’s mind.

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.