62 Famous Winston Churchill Quotes
“Winston Churchill speaking at Epping during General Election campaign, October 1924“, by Levan Ramishvili, licensed under Public domain
Winston Churchill was a famous British Politician and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He is perhaps most well known for his pivotal role in the fight against the Nazis during the Second World War and the subsequent defeat of the Germans.
Through his long political career we can take many words attributed to Winston Churchill for inspiration and use in our everyday lives. Here at Turtle Quote we have compiled the most Famous Winston Churchill Quotes.
Famous Winston Churchill Quotes
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
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“I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”
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“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
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“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”
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“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
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“You have enemies? Good. That means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
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“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”
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“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
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“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
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“It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.”
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“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”
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“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
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Inspirational Winston Churchill Quotes
“For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.”
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“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
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“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
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“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
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“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
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“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
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“A good speech should be like a woman’s skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.”
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“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.”
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The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”
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“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”
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“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope.”
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“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.”
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Thought Provoking Winston Churchill Quotes
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”
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“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
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“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”
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“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”
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“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.”
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“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.”
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“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”
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“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”
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“When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.”
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“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
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“It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.”
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“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”
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“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.”
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“A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.”
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Famous Winston Churchill Quotes on Leadership and Success
Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.”
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“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”
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“Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.”
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“All wisdom is not new wisdom.”
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“If we win, nobody will care. If we lose, there will be nobody to care.”
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“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.”
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“War never pays its dividends in cash on the money it costs.”
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“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
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Our Favorite Winston Churchill Quotes
“We are still masters of our fate, we are still captains of our souls.”
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“A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.”
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“The most important thing about education is appetite.”
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“Good and great are seldom in the same man. ”
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“Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.”
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“Evils can be created much quicker than they can be cured.”
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“Nationalization of industry is the doom of trade unionism.”
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“If you destroy a free market you create a black market.”
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“The English never draw a line without blurring it.”
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“One ought to be just before one is generous.”
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“Vengeance is the most costly and dissipating of luxuries.”
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“Time and money are largely interchangeable terms.”
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“You must look at facts because they look at you.”
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“Harsh laws are at times better than no laws at all.”
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“Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.”
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We hope that you enjoyed our selection of Famous Winston Churchill Quotes. If you did, then perhaps you may also like our collection of quotes by George Washington!
Some Interesting Facts About Winston Churchill!
Winston Churchill was half British and half American, and he was the first person ever to be presented with honorary citizenship of the United States. He was in the British parliament for more than 55 years and served under six monarchs like Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II.
Churchill became an accomplished artist in his 40s and created more than 500 paintings. He also won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 and became the only British Prime Minister to win this prestigious award since its inception. He became the only prime minister to enter the music charts for his collection of famous speeches in 1965 after his death. Winston Churchill was the only statesman who was commemorated on British coins twice.
Not many are aware that he also had a speech impediment which made it difficult to pronounce the letter ‘s’. His fluent and extraordinary oratory skills never let anyone knew or feel about such an issue. It is also said that Churchill invented few words, for example, ‘summit’ in 1950, etc.
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