249 Quotes by Winston S. Churchill

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one.

Those who never change their minds, never change anything.

Later these tales would be retold and embellished by the genius of Mallory, Spenser, and Tennyson.

Let it never be said that you crept into the crypt, crapped, and crept out again.

We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

The worst quarrels only arise when both sides are equally in the right and in the wrong.

Enter upon your inheritance, accept your responsibilities... Don’t take No for an answer. Never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed and won by youth. She has lived and thrived only by repeated subjugations.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.