Winston Churchill

I am most anxious that in dealing with matters which every Member knows are extremely delicate matters, I should not use any phrase or expression which would cause offence to our friends and Allies on the Continent or across the Atlantic Ocean.

There must be what Mr. Gladstone many years ago called a blessed act of oblivion. We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward across the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.

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.

Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.

If you are going through hell, keep going.

No two on earth in all things can agree. All have some daring singularity.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

There is only one thing about which I shall have no regrets when my life ends. I have savored to the full all the small, daily joys. The bright sunshine on the breakfast table; the smell of the air at dusk; the sound of the clock ticking; the light rains that start gently after midnight; the hour when the family come home; Sunday-evening tea before the fire! I have never missed one moment of beauty, not even taken it for granted. Spring, summer, autumn, or winter. I wish I had failed as little in other ways.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.

No matter how often you are defeated, you are born to victory.

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

This mournful truth is everywhere confessed, slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

The Public is merely a multiplied “me”.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Nothing is black or white.

It is possible to be free and loving no matter what your circumstances.

The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.

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