Quotes By Winston Churchill

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.

Expert knowledge is limited knowledge.

The trade unions are a long-established and essential part of our national life. We take our stand by these pillars of our British society as it has gradually developed and evolved itself, of the right of individual labouring men to adjust their wages and conditions by collective bargaining, including the right to strike.

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes.

The dictator, in all his pride, is held in the grip of his party machine. He can go forward; he cannot go back. He must blood his hounds and show them sport, or else, like Actaeon of old, be devoured by them. All-strong without, he is all-weak within.

Wars are not won by evacuations.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

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.

No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

Good and great are seldom in the same man.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

We are waiting for the long-promised invasion. So are the fishes.