Quotessence
Home / Books / Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words

Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words

Book by Winston Churchill · 13 quotes · Men, World, War

Filter quotes by topic

AllMenWorldWarActionConscienceCoursesGuidesHuman BeingsHumansPastRectitudeAbidingAir PowerAirmenAirpowerAmazementAnticipationAversionAviationBad Man

Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words Quotes

“The world, nature, human beings, do not move like machines. The edges are never clear-cut, but always frayed. Nature never draws a line without smudging it.”

WorldHumansMovingScienceNatureNaturalLinesHuman BeingsClearCuttingDrawsMachinesEdges
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image

“What is the true and original root of Dutch aversion to British rule? It is the abiding fear and hatred of the movement that seeks to place the native on a level with the white man ... the Kaffir is to be declared the brother of the European, to be constituted his legal equal, to be armed with political rights.”

MenPoliticalWhiteLevelsRightsMovementBrotherEqualRootsHatredOriginalsBritishNativeWhite ManAbidingDutchAversionPolitical RightsBritish Rule
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image

“No one ever came to grief-except honorable grief-through riding horses. No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle. Young men have often been ruined through owning horses, or through backing horses, but never through riding them; unless of course they break their necks, which, taken at a gallop, is a very good death to die.”

MenYoungLife IsDiesCoursesLostHoursGriefBreakTakenHorseVery GoodYoung ManNecksRidingHonorableRuinedSaddles
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image

“May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few thousand airmen? There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth. The Knights of the Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into the past.”

WorldMayHas BeensWarPastFallOpportunityCausesYouthCivilizationThousandSkillsTablesRoundsDevotionAviationKnightsFall BackAir PowerAirpowerAirmen
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image

“Before the war it had seemed incredible that such terrors and slaughters, even if they began, could last more than a few months. After the first two years it was difficult to believe that they would ever end.”

IfsYearsFirstsBelieveTwoWarEndsActionLastsDifficultMonthsIncrediblesTerrorTwo YearsSlaughter
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image

“It is not given to human beings, happily for them, for otherwise life would be intolerable, to foresee or to predict to any large extent the unfolding course of events.”

HumansWould BeCoursesGivenHuman BeingsEventsAnticipationUnfolding
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image

“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.”

TryingPastPassionHistorySceneHistoricalFormerPaleEchoesTrailsLampsKindlesReviveGleamRectitude
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image

“He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones to ruin. It was apparent to me that this bad man saw quite clearly the shadow of slowly and remorselessly approaching doom, and he railed at fortune for mocking him with the glitter of fleeting success.”

MenWorldWarSawsVictoryShadowStonesFortuneDefeatRuinsWar Of The WorldsFleetingDoomWorld War 2GlitterAmazementStepping StonesBad Man
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image

“Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time.”

WorldLeadershipSpaceDestinyThis WorldMysteriousRhythmTime And SpaceOur DestinyReconcile
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image