Winston Churchill

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

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.

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

If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

We are ashamed of our thoughts and often see them brought forth by others.

We live thick and are in each other’s way, and stumble over one another, and I think we thus lose some respect for one another.

Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society.

He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant [excessive thought]. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, Sir, I am your most humble servant. You are not his most humble servant. You may say, These are bad times; it is a melancholy thing to be reserved to such times. You don’t mind the times … You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society; but don’t think foolishly.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!