Winston Churchill

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

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

“When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.”

“Never, never, never, never give up.”

“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in a manner in which they look forward to the trip”

“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”

“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”

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

“I am easily satisfied with the very best.”

“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.”

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”

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

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.”

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

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

“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”

“We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender.”

“It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”

“I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.”

“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.”

“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”