Quotes by Winston Churchill, page 7

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.

Origin country: United Kingdom

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

Quote by Winston Churchill about nation, respect

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Quote by Winston Churchill about life

We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.

Quote by Winston Churchill about logic

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Quote by Winston Churchill about truth, nothing

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.

Quote by Winston Churchill about fight

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Quote by Winston Churchill about survival, inspiration, suffering, heart

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

Quote by Winston Churchill about mercy

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.

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.

Quote by Winston Churchill about attack, rules, home, country, time

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.

Quote by Winston Churchill about love, problems, old, olderness, man, life

When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

Quote by Winston Churchill about war

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

Quote by Winston Churchill about war, rightness

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

Quote by Winston Churchill about nothing, man

When you took your seat I felt as if a woman had come into my bathroom and I had only the sponge to defend myself.

Quote by Winston Churchill about woman

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Quote by Winston Churchill about human imperfections, life