Winston Churchill on Stoicism Quotes

"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."

"We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down."

"We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm."

"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

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

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

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

"There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right."

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

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

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

"We must just keep on pegging away."

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

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

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

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

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

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

"We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival."

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

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

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

"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."

"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."

"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

"In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity; in peace, goodwill."

"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision."

"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."

"Healthy discontent is the first step to progress."

"Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge."

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