Winston Churchill on Excellence Quotes

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

"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."

"We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glow-worm."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

"Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge."

"Character is better than brains for a statesman."

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

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

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

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

"In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet."

"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."

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

"Writing a book is an adventure."

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

"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never."

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

"The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."

"I am easily satisfied with the very best."

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

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

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

"True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information."

"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time."

"The first quality that is needed is audacity."

"Every man should ask himself each day whether he is not too readily accepting negative solutions."

"Without courage, all other virtues lose their value."

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

"To build may be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."

"A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences."

"Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that... this was their finest hour."

"The era of procrastination... is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences."

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