Winston Churchill Quotes on Life
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I now began for the first time to envy those young cubs at the university who had fine scholars to tell them what was what; professors who had devoted their lives to mastering and focusing ideas in every branch of learning; who were eager to distribute the treasures they had gathered before they were overtaken by the night. But now I pity undergraduates, when I see what frivolous lives many of them lead in the midst of precious fleeting opportunity. After all, a man's Life must be nailed to a cross either of Thought or Action. Without work there is no play.
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I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.
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For myself, I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. (to be found in 'My Early Life', the story of his first 25 years).
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If you are going through hell, keep going.
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It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
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The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learnt to like it.
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When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.
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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
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It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.
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You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.