Quotes from Winston Churchill

Never trust a man who doesn't drink.

One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

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

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.

The heights of great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.

The maxim of the British people is 'Business as Usual.'

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman's speech is that making a profit is a sin, but it is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss.

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

This was their finest hour

Too often the strong silent man is silent because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

We shape our buildings and they shape us.

We will have no truce or parlay with you Hitler, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst -- and we will do our best.

You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.

You will make all kinds of mistakes but as long as you are generous and true and fierce you cannot hurt the world, or even seriously distress her.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.

A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.