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A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using and tiring it, just in the same way he can wear out the elbows of his coat.

A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using and tiring it, just in the same way he can wear out the elbows of his coat.

Winston Churchill
Men, Mind, Elbows
Winston Churchill (1965). “A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill”

Why should there not be a European group which could give a sense of enlarged patriotism and common citizenship to the distracted peoples of this turbulent and mighty continent? And why should it not take its rightful place with other great groupings and help to shape the onward destinies of men?

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

He is like a female llama surprised in her bath.

Winston Churchill
Funny, Humor, Llamas

The V sign is the symbol of the unconquerable will of the occupied territories, and a portent of the fate awaiting the Nazi tyranny.

Winston Churchill
Fate, Victory, Unconquerable Will
Message to people of Europe launching V for Victory propaganda campaign, 20 July 1941

I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself

Winston Churchill
Believe, Statistics

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation.

Winston Churchill
Tradition, Nations
Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945”

The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill
Blessing, Libertarian, Misery

Never give up. Never give up. Never give up.

Winston Churchill
Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Do N't Give Up

Two nations divided by a common language.

Winston Churchill
Two Nations, Common, Language

I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.

Winston Churchill
War, Believe, Government

It happens that once we learn a thing, the motivation to keep it up grows and expands further as well. If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill
Motivation, Hell, Wells

I never slept as soundly as the night following Pearl Harbor. For I knew that The American Race would now be entering the war and it would never be the same.

Winston Churchill
War, Night, Race

I am a sporting man. I always like to give trains and aeroplanes a fair chance of getting away.

Winston Churchill
Men, Giving, Chance
Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

I now began for the first time to envy those young cubs at the university who had fine scholars to tell them what was what; professors who had devoted their lives to mastering and focusing ideas in every branch of learning; who were eager to distribute the treasures they had gathered before they were overtaken by the night. But now I pity undergraduates, when I see what frivolous lives many of them lead in the midst of precious fleeting opportunity. After all, a man's Life must be nailed to a cross either of Thought or Action. Without work there is no play.

Winston Churchill
Opportunity, Night, Men
"My Early Life: A Roving Commission". Book by Winston Churchill, 1930.

Life is a test and this world a place of trial. Always the problems - or it may be the same problem - will be presented to every generation in different forms.

Winston Churchill
Different, Generations, Trials

The further back I look, the further forward I can see.

Winston Churchill
Looks, I Can

To secure your historical standing, be sure you are the first to write about it.

Winston Churchill
Writing, Historical, Firsts

It would be an inconvenient rule if nothing could be done until everything can be done.

Winston Churchill
Would Be, Done, Ifs

You leave out God, and you substitute the devil.

Winston Churchill
Devil, Substitutes
Randolph Spencer Churchill, Winston Churchill, Martin Gilbert (1983). “Winston S. Churchill: Companion Vol. V, Part Three, the Coming of War 1936-1939”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

Talking death seriously is one of the tragedies of youth

Winston Churchill
Talking, Tragedy, Youth

In my experience of large enterprises, I have found it is often a mistake to try to settle everything at once.

Winston Churchill
Mistake, Trying, Settling
Winston Churchill (1950). “Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948”, London, Cassell

We are plunged in a long and grievous struggle. But all will come right if we all work together to the end.

Winston Churchill
Struggle, Long, Working Together
Winston Churchill, Martin Gilbert (1993). “The Churchill War Papers: At the Admiralty, September 1939-May 1940”, William Heinemann

Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears.

Winston Churchill
Soldier, Together, Airmen

Without victory there is no survival!

Winston Churchill
Survival, Victory
Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940

We make our buildings and afterwards they make us. They regulate the course of our lives.

Winston Churchill
Building, Courses, Our Lives

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