Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried.
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.
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.
We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Politics is 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.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.
Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?" Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms, of course... " Churchill: "Would you sleep with me for five pounds?" Socialite: "Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!" Churchill:"Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.”
If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.
Continuous effort! not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking your potential.
I do not see any other way of realizing our hopes about World Organization in five or six days. Even the Almighty took seven.
Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.