Winston Churchill

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

It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever existed in the world. It accords no political rights. It rules by terror. It punishes political opinions. It suppresses free speech. It tolerates no newspapers but its own. It persecutes Christianity with a zeal and a cunning never equalled since the times of the Roman Emperors. It is engaged at this moment in trampling down the peoples of Georgia and executing their leaders by hundreds.

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

Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will stand in awe.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought -a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!

Real practice has no purpose or direction, so it can include everything that comes.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.

Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.

The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so, monotonously.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

He then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind he has descended into the secrets of all minds.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, rather, a manner of traveling.

Self-realization is effortless. What you are trying to find is what you already are.

That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub ‘Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you’. She says, ‘Toughen up, this is reality we are living in’.

The rain comes and what bends will rise. It is a purposeful journey.

If you weren’t such a great man, you’d be a terrible bore.