23 Quotes by Sir Winston Churchill

To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.

So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

(When told that he is a drunk) My dear, you are ugly; but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

I will not pretend that, if I had to choose between Communism and Nazism, I would choose Communism. I hope not to be called upon to survive in the world under a Government of either of these dispensations. I cannot feel any enthusiasm for these rival creeds. I feel unbounded sorrow and sympathy for the victims.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in ... And how many want out.

Truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but, in the end, there it is.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.