OK, Balto, I am on a Winston Churchill kick, and these are for you...hope you find some inspiration here!
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. Winston Churchill
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. Winston Churchill
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Winston Churchill
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Winston Churchill
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. Winston Churchill
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Winston Churchill
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. Winston Churchill
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. ( for Sandi) Winston Churchill
Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. Winston Churchill
Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old. Winston Churchill
Eating words has never given me indigestion. Winston Churchill
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. ( This is for Lil and Hairdog) Winston Churchill
Great and good are seldom the same man. Winston Churchill
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. Winston Churchill
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. ( which is what you are doing, Balto) Winston Churchill
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. Winston Churchill
I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod. Winston Churchill
I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk. ( For haphazard) Winston Churchill
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. Winston Churchill
I never worry about action, but only about inaction. Winston Churchill
If you are going through hell, keep going. 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. Winston Churchill ( NOP)
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. Winston Churchill
In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice. Winston Churchill
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. Winston Churchill
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. Winston Churchill
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
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. Winston Churchill
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. Winston Churchill
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. Winston Churchill
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. Winston Churchill ( I like this one)
Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick themselves up and go on, anyway. Winston Churchill
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. ( awwww) Winston Churchill
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. ( maybe MJ understands this one) Winston Churchill
Never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill
No crime is so great as daring to excel. Winston Churchill
No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye. ( corri) Winston Churchill
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! ( reminds me of Choc) Winston Churchill
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. ( BF) Winston Churchill
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. Winston Churchill
Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft. Winston Churchill
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. Winston Churchill
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves. Winston Churchill
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. Winston Churchill
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. Winston Churchill
The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read. Winston Churchill
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill
The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill
The problems of victory are more agreeable than the problems of defeat, but they are no less difficult. Winston Churchill
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. Winston Churchill
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is. Winston Churchill
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. Winston Churchill
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion. Winston Churchill
There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill
These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived. Winston Churchill
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. Winston Churchill
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. Winston Churchill
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. Winston Churchill
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. Winston Churchill
To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. Winston Churchill
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent. Winston Churchill
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. Winston Churchill
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Winston Churchill
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. Winston Churchill
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ( Lou) Winston Churchill
We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. Winston Churchill
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. Winston Churchill
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it. Winston Churchill
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us. Winston Churchill (the ICs)
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. Winston Churchill
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winston Churchill
