Winston Churchill Quotes

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

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

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

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

Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.