Winston Churchill was born on November 30 1874. Churchill was a statesman, author and orator but was most famous for being the World War Two British Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945. He inspired many during the dark days of the Second World War when Britain stood alone against the axis powers with his speeches and quotes. He eventually formed alliances with Roosevelt and Stalin to defeat Nazi Germany. After the war, Churchill warned of the expansionist threat of the Soviet Union. Churchill was again Prime Minister from 1951 to 1955, but ill health forced him to resign. Churchill died on January 24 1965.
“I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.”
“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
“When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place. You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
“There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place.”
“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.”
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
“I’d rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me.”
“Great success always comes at the risk of enormous failure.”
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” ~ Winston Churchill
“The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.”
“A nation that forgets its past has no future.”