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it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.

it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.

Winston Churchill
Military, Men, Desire
Sir Winston Churchill (1956). “Savrola: a tale of the revolution in Laurania”, Random

When you are going through hell, don't stop.

Winston Churchill
Healing, Hell

A good party man puts his party above himself and his country above his party.

Winston Churchill
Country, Party, Men

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed, to forget the feuds of a thousand years and work for the larger harmonies on which the future depends.

Winston Churchill
Rivers, Blood, Years
"Ambition for Europe" broadcast, February 14, 1948.

The salvation of the common people of every race and of every land from war or servitude must be established on solid foundations and must be guarded by the readiness of all men and women to die rather than submit to tyranny.

Winston Churchill
War, Men, Race
Address on Unified Cooperation in Europe, delivered 19 September 1946, Zurich, Switzerland

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.

Winston Churchill
Giving, Advice, Spheres
Winston Churchill (1986). “The Gathering Storm”, p.365, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It is not given to human beings, happily for them, for otherwise life would be intolerable, to foresee or to predict to any large extent the unfolding course of events.

Winston Churchill
Events, Would Be, Anticipation
Sir Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill (1965). “Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words”

The very first thing the President [Truman] did was to show me the new Presidential Seal, which he had just redesigned. He explained, 'The seal has to go everywhere the President goes. It must be displayed upon the lectern when he speaks. The eagle used to face the arrows but I have re-designed it so that it now faces the olive branches ... what do you think?' I said, 'Mr. President, with the greatest respect, I would prefer the American eagle's neck to be on a swivel so that it could face the olive branches or the arrows, as the occasion might demand.'

Winston Churchill
Thinking, Eagles, Arrows

To improve is to change.

Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill (1965). “A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill”

Success is never final.

Winston Churchill
Success, Congratulations, Fortune Cookie
San Francisco Examiner, April 5, 2008.

Before America entered the war [WW2] I knew we could not win it, but after she entered I knew we could not lose

Winston Churchill
War, Winning, America

I have had a number of threatening letters each week, some telling me the actual time and method of my death, and I don't like it.

Winston Churchill
Numbers, Letters, Threatening

An American diplomat is sometimes like a bull who carries his own china shop around with him.

Winston Churchill
Bulls, Diplomats, Sometimes

Already by 1900 I could boast I had written as many books as Moses.

Winston Churchill
Book, Moses, Boast
Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Here Churchill repeats with approval a statement he had first made in January, 1930 "at a meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel." "Sooner or later you will have to crush Gandhi and the Indian Congress and all they stand for."

Winston Churchill
Crush, Firsts, Approval

Let us set up a standard around which the brave and the loyal can rally.

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

I love to learn but I do not want to be taught

Winston Churchill
Want, Taught

They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit back. It would be good for the morale of us all.

Winston Churchill
People, London, Would Be

We are shaping the world faster than we can change ourselves, and we are applying to the present the habits of the past.

Winston Churchill
Past, World, Habit

His name is Rufus II-but the II is silent.

Winston Churchill
Dog, Names, Silent
"It's your call" by Justine Hankins, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2001.

The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has it exceptions.

Winston Churchill
Leadership, War, Trying
Winston Churchill (1959). “Memoirs of the Second World War: An Abridgement of the Six Volumes of the Second World War”

Watch your habits, they determine your character.

Winston Churchill
Character, Watches, Habit

Quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts.

Winston Churchill
Memories, Giving, Good Thoughts
My Early Life ch. 9 (1930)

Maybe" when it seems the entire world is shouting "no!

Winston Churchill
Encouragement, World, Shouting

Air power may either end war or end civilization.

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

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