Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is celebrated for his leadership during the war and his prolific writings, including his memoirs and historical works.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.

An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea. Churchill's response, Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it.

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

Never, never, never give in!

A joke is a very serious thing.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.

Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

It's no use saying, We are doing our best. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being read.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.