In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
Quote by Winston Churchill about war, work, life
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141 quotes by Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill - english Statesman - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Also called: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill.
Was born on 30 nov 1874.
Died on 24 jan 1965, at 90 years old.
Died on 24 jan 1965, at 90 years old.
Origin country: United Kingdom
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
Quote by Winston Churchill about truth
India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.
Quote by Winston Churchill about nation
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Quote by Winston Churchill about democracy
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
Quote by Winston Churchill about rightness, things
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations... The quotations, when engraved upon the memory, give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.
Quote by Winston Churchill about memory, good, good luck, books, things, man
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Quote by Winston Churchill about mistake, destiny, time
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Quote by Winston Churchill about mistake, destiny, time
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
Quote by Winston Churchill about power
It is no use saying, “We are doing our best”. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Quote by Winston Churchill about use
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
Quote by Winston Churchill about bad luck, good luck, nation, heart
It's no use saying, “We are doing our best”. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Quote by Winston Churchill about use
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
Quote by Winston Churchill about thinking
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Quote by Winston Churchill about truth, time, man
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that...
Quote by Winston Churchill about democracy, sin, time, perfection, world
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.
Quote by Winston Churchill about drinking, meetings
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Quote by Winston Churchill about truth, man, nothing
