Winston Churchill
(page 6)

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.

It is easy for an individual to move through those insensible gradations from left to right, but the act of crossing the Floor is one which requires serious attention. I am well informed on this matter for I have accomplished that difficult process, not only once, but twice.

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.

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.

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

Kites rise highest against the wind — not with it.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will.

We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm.

If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.