Quotes by Winston Churchill

About Winston Churchill:

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer (as Winston S. Churchill), and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.
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The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

Winston Churchill

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

Winston Churchill

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Winston Churchill

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

Winston Churchill

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

Winston Churchill

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
Saint Patrick's Day quotes by Winston Churchill, UberQuotes

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

Winston Churchill

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Winston Churchill

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

Winston Churchill

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

Winston Churchill

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Winston Churchill

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

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

Winston Churchill

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

Winston Churchill

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

Winston Churchill

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

Winston Churchill

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

Winston Churchill

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Winston Churchill

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Winston Churchill

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

Winston Churchill

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Winston Churchill

Author Bio

  • NameWinston Churchill
  • DescriptionPrime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II
  • AliasesSir Winston Churchill; Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill; The Honourable Sir Winston Spencer Churchill; Colonel Warden
  • BornNovember 30, 1874
  • DiedJanuary 24, 1965
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Journalist; Painter; Historian; Autobiographer
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Companion Of The Liberation; Fellow Of The Royal Society; Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Oak Crown; Honorary Citizen Of The United States; Order Of The White Lion; Charlemagne Prize; ; Order Of St. Olav; Freedom Award