“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm”
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Famous Winston Churchill Quotes
“It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.”
“We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.”
Source: Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963
“The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection," may be spelled PARALYSIS.”
“Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge”
Source: The World Crisis, 1911-1918
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”
“No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.”
Source: If I lived my life again
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”
“Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.”
“The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.”
“Success is the ability to continue to move through total disaster.”
“History is written by the victors.”
Source: Proceedings of the International Churchill Societies 1992-1993
“When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.”
“Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required.”
“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.”
Source: Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit
“If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail.”
Source: Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Source: Churchill By Himself
Source: If I lived my life again
“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
Source: The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
Source: The Churchill Wit
“It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.”
Source: Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait
“I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.”
“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
Source: Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches
Source: Triumph and Tragedy
“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.”
Source: Churchill: The Power of Words
“Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.”
“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”
“Never give in, never! Be it concerning large things or small things, never, never, never!”