We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Sir Winston Churchill

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
Sir Winston Churchill

For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Sir Winston Churchill

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Sir Winston Churchill,

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Sir Winston Churchill, on the eve of his 75th birthday

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Sir Winston Churchill

So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
Sir Winston Churchill

I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government: ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”
Sir Winston Churchill

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire…Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Sir Winston Churchill

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
Sir Winston Churchill

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
Sir Winston Churchill

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.
Sir Winston Churchill

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
Sir Winston Churchill

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.
Sir Winston Churchill

The price of greatness is responsibility.
Sir Winston Churchill

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Sir Winston Churchill

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Sir Winston Churchill

One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
Sir Winston Churchill

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Sir Winston Churchill

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

It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required.
Sir Winston Churchill

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Sir Winston Churchill

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. Sir Winston Churchill

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Sir Winston Churchill