Winston Churchill

"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."

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

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

"Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

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

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

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

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

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

"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

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

"To jaw-jaw is better than to war-war, but jaw-jaw requires better speakers."

"A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations."

"Idle hands are the devil's playground, so keep your hands full of purpose."

"Some people regard their own lives as an unfinished work of art."

"The truth in the matter is that if you believe you can achieve it."

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

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

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

"A society that does not value its heroes is lost."

"Birth is not an achievement, hereditary privilege is not distinction."

"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong."

"Do not despise the day of small beginnings."

"Eating words has never given me indigestion."

"There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction."

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

"One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty."