Winston Churchill

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

"We shall never surrender."

"This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

"A man is about as big as the things that make him angry."

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

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

"Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential."

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

"Eat well, sleep well, and don't worry—worrying never was any good to anybody."

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

"There are a terrible lot of lies about old age."

"We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glow-worm."

"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."

"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something."

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

"To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war."

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy."

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."

"What kind of people do they think we are?"

"I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."

"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it."

"Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old."