Winston Churchill on Mastery Quotes

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

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

"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."

"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."

"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."

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

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

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

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

"I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I inspired the nation... I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar."

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

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings."

"He who fails to plan is planning to fail."

"Every man has his day and some days last longer than others."

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

"Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge."

"My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best."

"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time."

"I am easily satisfied with the very best."

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

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

"Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

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

"The first quality that is needed is audacity."

"If you are going through hell, keep going."

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

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

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

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

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

"We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."

"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."