100+ Famous Winston Churchill Quotes That Inspire and Motivate

"Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision."

"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

"Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential."

"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."

"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—give in."

"A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits."

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."

"Never, never, never give up."

"Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it."

"Failure is not an option. Everyone must succeed."

"It is no use saying 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."

"Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of persistence."

"You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks."

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't."

"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence."

"Great and good are seldom the same thing."

"Responsibility is the price of greatness."

"A leader is a dealer in hope."

"We are all worms. But I believe I am a glow-worm."

"Leadership is the ability to look around the corner of what might be."

"He who fails to plan, plans to fail."

"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."

"Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge."

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty."

"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

"The mood of the people tends to become the mood of the government."

"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong."

"A nation that forgets its past has no future."

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."

"In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill."

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

"War is mainly a catalogue of blunders."

"Appeasement is feeding a crocodile, hoping it eats you last."

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."

"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be."

"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory."

"There is no such thing as good news from a foreign office."

"Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount."

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

"The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short."

"The further backward you look, the further forward you are likely to see."

"When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened."

"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

"There is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure."

"Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful."

"Sunshine is the best disinfectant."

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man."

"No one would do any of these things if they were not driven on by some invisible inner force."

"The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."

"The longer we delay, the more difficult it becomes."

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

"Failure is not an option. Everyone must succeed."

"My motto is: Keep buggering on."

"It is not enough that I should succeed. Others must fail."

"I've always believed that the best way to predict the future is to invent it."

"We have not yet begun to fight."

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone."

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat."

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles."

"The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself."

"I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught."

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom."

"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."

"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."

"Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft."

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

"The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong."

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us."

"The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."

"Answers are easy; it is asking the right questions that matters."

"The further backward you look, the further forward you are likely to see."

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

"Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."

"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."

"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."

"We are all insects, but I believe I am a firefly."

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man."

"The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence—it is to act with yesterday’s logic."

"The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself."

"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong."

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

"I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."

"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."

"My tastes are simple: a little bit of luxury, a little bit of excess."

"I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."

"I have nothing to declare except my genius."

"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."

"Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all."

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

"I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter."

"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body."

"I like a man who grins when he fights."

"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."

"The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself."

"Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all."

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."

"Truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."

"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."

"Answers are easy; it is asking the right questions that matters."

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."

"Language is a dialect with an army and navy."

"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."