Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RAwas a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, a writer, and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth30 November 1874
CityWoodstock, England
The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.
Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.
When someone says to me, Ugh, you smoke. I reply, Ugh, you're ugly. I can quit smoking.
Good night, then - sleep to gather strength for the morning. For the morning will come. Brightly will it shine on the brave and true, kindly on all who suffer for the cause, glorious upon the tombs of heroes. Thus will shine the dawn.
Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.
Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!
It is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic.
Make sure that the beer - four pints a week - goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop.
A polo handicap is a persons ticket to the world.
Perfect solutions of our difficulties are not to be looked for in an imperfect world.
Things do not get better by being left alone.
Land monopoly is not only monopoly, but it is by far the greatest of monopolies; it is a perpetual monopoly, and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly.
When you feel you cannot continue in your position for another minute, and all that is in human power has been done, that is the moment when the enemy is most exhausted, and when one step forward will give you the fruits of the struggle you have borne