Home / Quotes / Quote by Winston Churchill

Quote by Winston Churchill

“We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity.”

Quote by Winston Churchill

Author

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill, a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was a statesman, historian, writer, and orator. He led the British people in resisting Nazi Germany during World War II and became a national hero. Churchill is renowned for his unique oratory style and steadfast political stance. more

You May Also Like

“Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.”

Source: The table talk of Samuel Johnson

“No one can say just how long a message should be, but you rarely hear complaints about a speech being too short. The amateur worries about what he is going to put in his speech or article. The expert worries about what he should take out.”

Should Long Worry Focus Speech Messages Performances Experts Complaints Too Short Presentation

Author:Edgar Dale

“The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too.”

People Ifs Life Needs Feels Culture Change Life Changing Cheating Cycles Cheat Vicious Dishonesty Rationalize Cheating Yourself

Author:Stephen Covey

“"If I make deposits into an Emotional Bank Account with you through courtesy, kindness, honesty, and keeping my commitments to you, I build up a reserve. Your trust toward me becomes higher, and I can call upon that trust many times if I need to. I can even make mistakes and that trust level, that emotional reserve, will compensate for it. My communication may not be clear, but you'll get my meaning anyway. You won't make me "an offender for a word." When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective."”

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition

“A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.”

Life Writing Values Change Vision Expression Constitution Missions Statements Life Changing Criteria Mission Statement

Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.”

Ifs Want Life Bigs Change Attitude Primaries Life Changing Paradigm Small Changes

Author:Stephen Covey

“Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.”

Life Goal Change Fantasy Plans Achieve Pure Setting Settings Life Changing Setting Goals

Author:Stephen Covey

“Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way.”

Way Life Change My Way Life Changing Synergy

Book:The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems

Source: The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems

“The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.”

Life Humans Spirit Desire Change Life Changing Human Spirit

Author:Stephen Covey

“Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.”

People Life Change Moral Principles Honesty Integrity Authority Universal Following Life Changing Timeless Honesty Integrity Moral Authority Treating People With Respect

Author:Stephen Covey