Oh, that Churchill
(Blogger's comment: Mom, I think I want a Churchill quote book for my birthday)
Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.
History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it!
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.
Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. Ignorance may deride it. But in the end, there it is.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.
It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity !
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but usually manages to pick himself up, walk over or around it, and carry on.
And my favorites:
Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.
History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it!
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.
Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. Ignorance may deride it. But in the end, there it is.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.
It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity !
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but usually manages to pick himself up, walk over or around it, and carry on.
And my favorites:
The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.
You make a living by what you earn; you make a life by what you give.
You make a living by what you earn; you make a life by what you give.
