Winston Churchill

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

Twice in my lifetime the long arm of destiny has reached across the oceans and involved the entire life and manhood of the United States in a deadly struggle.There was no use in saying We don’t want it; we won

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.

Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Count on it, if a person talks of their misfortune, there is something in it that is not disagreeable to them.

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.

Be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose.

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it cannot be loved.

Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

Friendship . . . is an Union of Spirits, a Marriage of Hearts, and the Bond thereof Vertue.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.