Winston Churchill
England
30 Nov 1874 // 24 Jan 1965
Politician / Statesman / Orator
30 Nov 1874 // 24 Jan 1965
Politician / Statesman / Orator
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If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law
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
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another
I never worry about action, but only about inaction
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting
I am easily satisfied with the very best
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays