50 Greatest Quotes from Winston Churchill

Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Here is a collection of some famous Winston Churchill quotes.

Famous Winston Churchill Quotes

1. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

2. “Never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill

3. “Personally, I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” – Winston Churchill

4. “Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill

5. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill

6. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston Churchill

7. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” -Winston Churchill

8. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

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9. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

10. “My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.” – Winston Churchill

11. “It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.” – Winston Churchill

12. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill

13. “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” – Winston Churchill

14. “Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.” – Winston Churchill

15. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” – Winston Churchill

16. “Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” – Winston Churchill

17. “It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.” – Winston Churchill

18. “When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.” – Winston Churchill

19. “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” – Winston Churchill

20. “Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required.” – Winston Churchill

21. “Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.” – Winston Churchill

22. “When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” – Winston Churchill

23. “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” – Winston Churchill

24. “You create your own universe as you go along.” – Winston Churchill

25. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill

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26. “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” – Winston Churchill

27. “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.” – Winston Churchill

28. “The most important thing about education is appetite.” – Winston Churchill

29. “Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.” – Winston Churchill

30. “Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.” – Winston Churchill

31. “Good and great are seldom in the same man.” – Winston Churchill

32. “We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.” – Winston Churchill

33. “Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.” – Winston Churchill

34. “It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.” – Winston Churchill

35. “We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.” – Winston Churchill

36. “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities… because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” – Winston Churchill

37. “It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.” – Winston Churchill

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38. “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” – Winston Churchill

39. “I never worry about action, but only about inaction.” – Winston Churchill

40. “The further backward you look, the further forward you can see.” – Winston Churchill

41. “Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.” – Winston Churchill

42. “We shape our dwellings and afterwards our dwellings shape us.” – Winston Churchill

43. “A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.” – Winston Churchill

44. “War is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the will to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

45. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill

46. “It’s Never Over ’till it’s over!” – Winston Churchill

47. “When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter.” – Winston Churchill

48. “A change is as good as a rest.” – Winston Churchill

49. “It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.” -Winston Churchill

50. “The first quality that is needed is audacity.” – Winston Churchill

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