Winston Churchill on Excellence Quotes

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

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

"I am easily satisfied with the very best."

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

"Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge."

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

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

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

"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."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Writing a book is an adventure."

"The first quality that is needed is audacity."

"Character is better than brains for a statesman."

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

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

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

"Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have."

"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."

"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."