Inspirational Winston Churchill Quotes About War, History, Success, and Leadership

There is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has its exceptions.

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

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!

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.

We shall not fail or falter. We shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the hard may be; for without victory there is no survival.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace, and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

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

If we are together nothing is impossible.

Winston Churchill history quotes that were ahead of time

Winston Churchill was an ardent follower of history and what it had to teach to humanity. He was a reader, a philosopher, and a great politician. These Winston Churchill history quotes speak a lot about this remarkable Prime Minister's views and how they were ahead of the time.

History is written by the victors.

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

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.

One always measures friendships by how they show up in bad weather.

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

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

It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.

Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.

You must look at facts, because they look at you.

Everyone can recognize history when it happens. Everyone can recognize history after is has happened; but only the wise man knows at the moment what is vital and permanent, what is lasting and memorable.

Winston Churchill funny quotes to have a laugh

Churchill's wit and humor is no secret. He had such witty and striking responses that showed how his sense of humor was just amazing. Read these Winston Churchill funny quotes to have fun and learn a lesson at the same time. Not only that, these inspirational quotes Winston Churchill can also provide you some positivity.

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

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

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

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

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

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.

Winston Churchill quotes about America

Churchill’s mother came from Brooklyn, New York, so was not all unfamiliar to America and Americans. He had some insight which often could be seen in his words. These Winston Churchill quotes about America are quite interesting. Some are funny while others are quite pleasing to the curious mind about what he thought of the superpower.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.

The flags of the Confederate States of America were very important and a matter of great pride to those citizens living in the Confederacy. They are also a matter of great pride for their descendants as part of their heritage and history.

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

Toilet paper too thin, newspapers too fat!

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

 Everything is eminently practical and things are judged from a matter of fact standpoint.

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

You must look at facts, because they look at you.

Winston Churchill quotes about socialism

Churchill did not support Socialism. As the Soviet Union's Socialism rose, he became more wary of how it had started to affect the European countries. He had much to say about the topic. Here are some of the most popular Winston Churchill quotes about socialism which show how opposed he was to the ideologies brought up Socialism.

You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.

The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.

Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.

Socialism needs to pull down wealth; liberalism seeks to raise up poverty. Socialism would destroy private interests, Liberalism would preserve [them] ... by reconciling them with public right. Socialism would kill enterprise; Liberalism would rescue enterprise from the trammels of privilege and preference. Socialism assails the preeminence of the individual; Liberalism seeks ... to build up a minimum standard for the mass. Socialism exalts the rule; Liberalism exalts the man. Socialism attacks capitalism; Liberalism attacks monopoly.

Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the object worship of the state.

Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police.

Socialism would gather all power to the supreme party and party leaders, rising like stately pinnacles above their vast bureaucracies of civil servants no longer servants, no longer civil.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Winston Churchill quotes about leadership

Only a leader can give you the best advice on how to be an extraordinary leader. And, Winston Churchill was indeed one of the most outstanding political leaders the world had seen. This is why we have gathered the most motivational Winston Churchill quotes about leadership that can be a guidance in your journey towards being a leader.

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.

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

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the hard may be; for without victory there is no survival.

The true guide of life is to do what is right.

Things are not always right because they are hard, but if they are right one must not mind if they are also hard.

I like things to happen, and if they don’t happen I like to make them happen.

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

To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.

Winston Churchill quotes on success

Success and failure are two sides of the same coin and Churchill has talked about both. These Winston Churchill failure quotes and Winston Churchill quotes success are all about how success and failure must not diminish your soul but push you towards achieving more. Read these to gain a new inspiration in life.

You must put your head into the lion’s mouth if the performance is to be a success.

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.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

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