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He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones to ruin. It was apparent to me that this bad man saw quite clearly the shadow of slowly and

He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones to ruin. It was apparent to me that this bad man saw quite clearly the shadow of slowly and remorselessly approaching doom, and he railed at fortune for mocking him with the glitter of fleeting success.

Winston Churchill
War, Men, Victory
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”

No more let us alter or falter or palter. From Malta to Yalta, and Yalta to Malta.

Winston Churchill
War, World, Malta
Winston Churchill (1986). “Triumph and Tragedy”, p.295, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

If I were the first of May, I should be ashamed of myself.

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

If we could get out of this jam by giving up Malta and Gibraltar and some African colonies I would jump at it. But the only safe way is to convince Hitler that he cannot beat us.

Winston Churchill
Giving Up, War, Jam

We are really doing our very best. There are no doubt many mistakes and shortcomings. A lot of things are done none too well. Some things that ought to be done have not yet been done...[But Britain's effort has] justly commanded the wonder and admiration of every friendly nation in the world.

Winston Churchill
War, Mistake, Effort

Far be it from me to paint a rosy picture of the future...But I should be failing in my duty if, on the other side, I were not to convey the true impression, that this great nation is getting into its war stride.

Winston Churchill
War, World, Sides

"I have not made any arrogant, confident, boasting predictions at all. On the contrary, I have stuck hard to my "blood, toil, tears and sweat," to which I have added muddle and mismanagement, and that, to some extend I must admit, is what you have got out of it."

Winston Churchill
War, Blood, Sweat
Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

My hope is that the generous instincts of unity will not depart from us...[so that we] become the prey of the little folk who exist in every country and who frolic alongside the Juggernaut car of war to see what fun or notoriety they can extract from the proceedings.

Winston Churchill
Country, Fun, War
Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

The most formidable people in the world, and now the most dangerous, people who... lay down the doctrine that every frontier must be the starting out point for invasion.

Winston Churchill
Determination, People, Doctrine

The facilities for advanced education must be evened out and multiplied. No one who can take advantage of a higher education should be denied this chance. You cannot conduct a modern community except with an adequate supply of persons upon whose education, whether humane, technical, or scientific, much time and money have been spent.

Winston Churchill
Education, Community, Adequate
Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

It was at "Little Lodge" I was first menaced with Education. The approach of a sinister figure described as 'the Governess' was announced.

Winston Churchill
Education, Littles, Firsts
Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

In all the twelve years I was at school no one ever succeeded in making me write a Latin verse or learn any Greek except the alphabet.

Winston Churchill
Education, Latin, Writing
Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

How I hated this school, and what a life of anxiety I lived there for more than two years.

Winston Churchill
Education, School, Years
Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.

Winston Churchill
Education, Heart, Rome
"My Early Life: A Roving Commission" by Winston Churchill, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958.

If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion and decay, but in some supreme exertion for freedom, for right and for truth.

Winston Churchill
Decay, Empires, Process
Winston Churchill (1951). “War speeches”

Certainly the prolonged education indispensable to the progress of society is not natural to mankind.

Winston Churchill
Education, Learning, Progress Of Society
Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.

Winston Churchill
Book, Adherence, Should
Winston Churchill (1950). “Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948”, London, Cassell

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.

Winston Churchill
Keys, Russia, Action
Radio broadcast, 1 Oct. 1939

Everyone can recognize history when it happens. Everyone can recognize history after is has happened; but only the wise man knows at the moment what is vital and permanent, what is lasting and memorable.

Winston Churchill
Wise, Memorable, Men

Plans are worthless. Planning is priceless.

Winston Churchill
Planning, Priceless, Plans

The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought.

Winston Churchill
War, Agency, Ruthlessness
Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.199, Da Capo Press

I drink and smoke and I am two hundred percent fit.

Winston Churchill
Two, Fit, Drink

You must sleep sometime between lunch and dinner, and no halfway measures. Take off your clothes and get into bed. That's what I always do.

Winston Churchill
Sleep, Lunch, Clothes
Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.999, RosettaBooks

Strategy is all very well, but it pays to give thought from time to time to the results.

Winston Churchill
Giving, Pay, Strategy

In war, the truth must be guarded by a body guard of lies.

Winston Churchill
War, Lying, Body

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