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Winston Churchill
It is a crime to despair. We must learn to draw from misfortune the means of future strength.
Some people will deny anything, but there are some denials that do not alter the facts.
…one must never be discouraged by defeats in one’s youth, but continue to learn throughout one’s whole life.
For defeat there is only one answer … victory
The advantage and significance of deeds is that they bring consequences.
In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
Criticism is easy; achievement is more difficult.
Criticism in the body politic is like pain in the human body. It is not pleasant, but where would the body be without it?
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.
[C]onscience apart from truth is mere stupidity…
It is one thing to feel confident and it is another to impart that confidence to people who do not like your plan, and who feel the same confidence in their knowledge as you do in yours.
How much easier it is to join bad companions than to shake them off!
To change your mind is one thing; to turn on those who have followed your previous advice is another.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
It is easier to break crockery than to mend it.
We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.
…the threat of adversity is a necessary factor in stimulating self-reliance.
…there is great hope provided action is taken worthy of the opportunity.
…how much harder it is to build up and acquire, than to squander and cast away.
There never will be enough for everything while the world goes on. The more that is given the more there will be needed…. That is what makes life so interesting.
