Churchill, Winston: A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: LIES

Churchill, Winston: A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: OPTIMIST, PESSIMIST

Churchill, Winston: Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: CHARACTER

Churchill, Winston: Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: COURAGE

Churchill, Winston: Democracy is the worst form of government —except all the others. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: DEMOCRACY, GOVERNMENT

Churchill, Winston: History is written by the victors. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: HISTORY

Churchill, Winston: I feel like an aeroplane at the end of a long flight, in the dusk . . . in search of a safe landing. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: HOPE, RETIREMENT

Churchill, Winston: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: LEADERSHIP, ALERT

Churchill, Winston: If you are going through hell, keep going. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: CHALLENGES, HELL, PERSEVERANCE

Churchill, Winston: If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: LAW, REGULATIONS

Churchill, Winston: If you're going through hell, keep going. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: PERSEVERANCE

Churchill, Winston: 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: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: PLANNING, DETAILS

Churchill, Winston: Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: CHALLENGES, OPPOSITION

Churchill, Winston: Never let a good crisis go to waste. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: CRISIS, OPPORTUNITIES

Churchill, Winston: Nothing in life is as exhilarating as to be shot at without results. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: DANGER, LUCK, SURVIVAL

Churchill, Winston: Russia is "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.'' (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: COMPLEXITY, MYSTERY, POLITICS, RUSSIA

Churchill, Winston: Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: ENTHUSIASM, PERSEVERANCE, SUCCESS

Churchill, Winston: Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: COURAGE, FAILURE, PERSEVERANCE, SUCCESS

Churchill, Winston: The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: FUTURE, HISTORY, PERCEPTION

Churchill, Winston: The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: FUTURE, HISTORY, PAST

Churchill, Winston: The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: DEFEAT, VICTORY

Churchill, Winston: There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened, and maintained. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: FAMILY, HOME

Churchill, Winston: This is the sort of English up with which I will not put. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: GRAMMAR, LANGUAGE

Churchill, Winston: We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: FULFILLMENT, GIVING

Churchill, Winston: We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE, DESIGN

Churchill, Winston: Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: LIFESPAN, UNPREDICTABILITY

Churchill, Winston: You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing—once they’ve exhausted every other possibility. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: U.S.A.

Churchill, Winston: You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965) Categories: GIVINGNESS, LIFE