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Things don't happen to me. I happen to things!

Things don't happen to me. I happen to things!

Winston Churchill
Happens

To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.

Winston Churchill
Heartless, Conservative, Idiocy

Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by.

Winston Churchill
Wise, Men, Fool

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

Winston Churchill
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

I like things to happen, and if they don't happen I like to make them happen.

Winston Churchill
Action, Make Things Happen, Happens
Winston Churchill, Robert Rhodes James (1980). “Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963”, Atheneum

People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time of difficulty.

Winston Churchill
People, Fit, Ministers

My education was interrupted only by my schooling.

Winston Churchill
Inspiring, School, Schooling

Watch your actions, they become your habits.

Winston Churchill
Watches, Action, Habit

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened

Winston Churchill
Life, Depressing, Funny Inspirational
Winston Churchill (1959). “Memoirs of the Second World War: An Abridgement of the Six Volumes of the Second World War”

The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debating the great issues on their merits

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

When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of that regime.

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

Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.

Winston Churchill
Mean, Democracy, Hours

The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him the judgement of his peers is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist.

Winston Churchill
Men, Law, Liberty
Winston Churchill (1952). “The Second World War”

With opportunity comes responsibility.

Winston Churchill
Responsibility, Opportunity

It is in the interest of the wage-earner to have many other alternatives open to him than service under one all-powerful employer called the State

Winston Churchill
Powerful, Alternatives, States
Winston Churchill (1949). “The Sinews of Peace: Post-war Speeches”

Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.

Winston Churchill
Humorous, Heart, Brain

Victory will never be found by taking the path of least resistance.

Winston Churchill
Victory, Politics, Path

There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.

Winston Churchill
Unique, Opportunity, Special

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Winston Churchill
Country, Food, Political
Speech on radio, 21 Mar. 1943, in Complete Speeches (1974) vol. 7, p. 6761

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

Winston Churchill
Politics, Opponents, Politician
Winston Churchill's speech at the Institute of Journalists Dinner in London (November 17,1906), as quoted in "Churchill by Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations" edited by Richard Langworth (p. 392), 2008.

Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.

Winston Churchill
Funny, Witty, Arguing

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 honor and good sense.

Winston Churchill
Life, Inspiring, Graduation
Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.

Winston Churchill
Parent, Done, Saving

The most important thing about education is appetite.

Winston Churchill
Inspiring, Educational, Important

For the first 25 years of my life, I wanted freedom. For the next 25 years, I wanted order. For the next 25 years, I realized that order is freedom.

Winston Churchill
Order, Years, Next

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