25 best Winston Churchill quotes

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a Nobel Prize-winning writer, and an artist.

1
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

2
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

3
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

4
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

5
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

6
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

7
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

8
I am easily satisfied with the very best.

9
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

10
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

11
I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

12
If you are going through hell, keep going.

13
If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.

14
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

15
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

16
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

17
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

18
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

19
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

20
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

21
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

22
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

23
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

24
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

25
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

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