Winston Churchill
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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.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

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

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.

Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy.

Broadly speaking, short words are best, and the old words, when short, are best of all.

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.

The further backward you look, the further forward you can see.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour. They will have war.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.