Winston Churchill

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

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.

The Chinese said of themselves several thousand years ago: China is a sea that salts all the waters that flow into it. Theres another Chinese saying about their country which is much more modernit dates only from the fourth century. This is the saying: The tail of China is large and will not be wagged. I like that one. The British democracy approves the principles of movable party heads and unwaggable national tails. It is due to the working of these important forces that I have the honour to be addressing you at this moment.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, neverin nothing, great or small, large or pettynever give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

There is a hush over all Europe, nay, over all the world. Alas! it is the hush of suspense, and in many lands it is the hush of fear. Listen! No, listen carefully, I think I hear somethingyes, there it was quite clear. Dont you hear it? It is the tramp of armies crunching the gravel of the paradegrounds, splashing through rain-soaked fields, the tramp of two million German soldiers and more than a million Italiansgoing on maneuversyes, only on maneuvers!

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.

How you gonna win if you ain’t right within?

He is great who confers the most benefits.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art.

Intellectual work is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

A physician’s physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric’s divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

I have found it to be the most serious objection to coarse labors long continued, that they compelled me to eat and drink coarsely also.

We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.

Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.

There is a difference between being convinced and being stubborn.