121 Quotes By Winston Churchill


We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
Winston Churchill on respect

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
Winston Churchill on smile

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Winston Churchill on strength

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill on success

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill on success

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Winston Churchill on success

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
Winston Churchill on time

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
Winston Churchill on time

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Winston Churchill on time

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Winston Churchill on time

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Winston Churchill on time

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.
Winston Churchill on time

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.
Winston Churchill on time

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

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
Winston Churchill on truth

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Winston Churchill on truth

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
Winston Churchill on truth

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Winston Churchill on truth

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Winston Churchill on truth

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.
Winston Churchill on war