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Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.

Winston Churchill
Vengeance
Winston Churchill (1949). “The Sinews of Peace: Post-war Speeches”

A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

Winston Churchill
Life, Sarcastic, Humility

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

Winston Churchill
Inspirational, Kindness, Cancer
Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.356, Da Capo Press

We have no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests.

Winston Churchill
Enemy, Interest, Lasting

We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked, but not comprised. We are interested and associated, but not absorbed. And should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — “Shall I speak for thee to the King or the Captain of the host?” — we should reply with the Shunamite woman: “Nay, Sir, for we dwell among our own people.”

Winston Churchill
Kings, Europe, People
"Winston S. Churchill: Companion Vol. V, Part Three, the Coming of War 1936-1939".

Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.

Winston Churchill
Freedom Of Speech, Foolish, Free Speech
Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

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. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

Winston Churchill
Stay Strong, Jobs, Long
Radio broadcast, 9 Feb. 1941

How fortunate it was for the world that when these great trials came upon it there was a generation that terror could not conquer and brutal violence could not enslave.

Winston Churchill
Generations, Trials, World
Winston Churchill, Robert Rhodes James (1980). “Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963”, Atheneum

Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners.

Winston Churchill
Men, Navy, Submarines

Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain.

Winston Churchill
Heart, Brain, Doe

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.

Winston Churchill
Communication, Humorous, Humility
"Action this day: working with Churchill". Book by Baron Norman Craven Brook Normanbrook, 1968.

It was my ambition all of my life to be master of the spoken word.

Winston Churchill
Ambition, Masters, Spoken Word
Sir Winston Churchill, Jack Fishman (1974). “If I lived my life again”, W.H. Allen

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill
Memorial Day, Military, War
Speech in House of Commons, 20 Aug. 1940

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

Winston Churchill
Love, Life, Anniversary

I am your servant. You have the right to dismiss me when you please. What you have no right to do is ask me to bear responsibility without the power of action.

Winston Churchill
Responsibility, Bears, Action
Winston Churchill (1986). “The Hinge of Fate”, p.365, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

Winston Churchill
Inspirational, Motivation, Fate
Winston Churchill, Robert Rhodes James (1980). “Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963”, Atheneum

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