Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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Quotes by Winston Churchill
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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Never, never, never give up.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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.
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 great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.
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