Winston Churchill

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

The eagle has ceased to scream, but the parrots will now begin to chatter. The war of the giants is over and the pigmies will now start to squabble.

Twenty to twenty-five! These are the years! Dont be content with things as they are. Dont take No for an answer. Never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed and won by youth. She has lived and thrived only by repeated subjugations.

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.

A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.

In a man’s letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives.

Anger makes dull men witty – but it keeps them poor.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

Have wholesome, but not costly Food, and be rather cleanly than dainty in ordering it.

None of us should be defined by the worst thing we’ve ever done.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

There’s a great joy in my giving. It’s thrilling. It’s exhilarating. It’s important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill came always together, who would escape hanging?

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child’s rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man’s whore.

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.