Winston Churchill Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

Here is a collation of Winston Churchill quotes and sayings. Some are inspirational and uplifting, some are meaningful and philosophical, while others are just a good read.

“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”
– Winston Churchill

“A good speech should be like a woman’s skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest”
– Winston Churchill

“A joke is a very serious thing.”
– Winston Churchill

“A lady came up to me one day and said Sir! You are drunk, to which I replied I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.”
– Winston Churchill

“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
– Winston Churchill

“A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril. ”
– Winston Churchill

“A modest man, who has much to be modest about. (On Clement Atlee)”
– Winston Churchill

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
– Winston Churchill

“A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.”
– Winston Churchill

“A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.”
– Winston Churchill

“A sheep in sheep’s clothing. (On Clement Atlee)”
– Winston Churchill

“A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.”
– Winston Churchill

“All of the great empires of the future will be empires of the mind.”
– Winston Churchill

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope”
– Winston Churchill

“Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.”
– Winston Churchill

“Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”
– Winston Churchill

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
– Winston Churchill

“An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea. Churchill’s response, Ma’am if you were my wife I would drink it.”
– Winston Churchill

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
– Winston Churchill

“Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”
– Winston Churchill

“Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.”
– Winston Churchill

“Bessie Braddock: Sir, you are drunk. Churchill: Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”
– Winston Churchill

“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”
– Winston Churchill

“But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
– Winston Churchill

“Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one.”
– Winston Churchill

“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”
– Winston Churchill

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all the others.”
– Winston Churchill

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
– Winston Churchill

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.”
– Winston Churchill

“Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!”
– Winston Churchill

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”
– Winston Churchill

“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.”
– Winston Churchill

“Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.”
– Winston Churchill

“Do you know why the nose of the bull dog is sloped backwards? So it can keep on breathing without ever letting go.”
– Winston Churchill

“Don’t interrupt me while I’m interrupting.”
– Winston Churchill

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