A kite flies against the wind, not with it.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: opposition
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: inspirational
There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.
Winston S. ChurchillSure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: inspirational success victory perseverance
What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?
Winston S. ChurchillI contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: simile economics taxation
A man must choose his own way of life, and…it is only by following out one’s own bent that there can be the really harmonious life.”
[In an interview conducted by Bram Stoker]
Tags: self-determination
An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, "If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea." Churchill's response, "Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: humor humour classic-insult retort
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
Winston S. Churchilland being as wicked as any man who ever lived, he exploited his advantage to the full.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: exploitation
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