Winston Churchill on Stoicism Quotes

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

"Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge."

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

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

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

"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."

"Healthy discontent is the first step to progress."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

"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."

"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 must just keep on pegging away."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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