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If you're going through hell, keep going.
--Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) British Statesman, Prime Minister, Author

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
--Sir Winston Churchill

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

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
--Sir Winston Churchill

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
--Winston Churchill

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
--Winston Churchill

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it.
--Winston Churchill

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

Where does the family start ? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.
--Sir Winston Churchill

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time--a tremendous whack.
--Sir Winston Churchill

I am always ready to learn, but I do not always like being taught.
--Winston Churchill

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
--Sir Winston Churchill

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

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
--Winston Churchill

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
--Sir Winston Churchill

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma
--Winston Churchill

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
--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 (1874 - 1965)

When asked to name the chief qualification a politician should have. "It's the ability to foretell what will happen tomorrow, next month, and next year --- and to explain afterward why it didn't happen."
--Winston Churchill

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
--Sir Winston Churchill

If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves
--Winston Churchill

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whiskey. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.
--Winston Churchill

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

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