Winston Churchill

"The dark abyss of history is only illuminated by the knowledge of what came before."

"The function of leadership is to provide direction and motivation."

"A love of tradition has never weakened a nation."

"The human story does not always unfold like mathematics."

"We bury our failures and lose our successes in the grave."

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

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

"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year."

"Happy is the man with a wife to tell him what to do and a secretary to do it."

"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is sunlight."

"We shall defend our home, whatever the cost may be."

"When great causes are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits, not animals."

"The ability to think clearly without emotion is the mark of a superior mind."

"Without tradition, art is a feeble and sickly thing."

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

"Democracy means that if there are nine able individuals and one idiot, you have to listen to the idiot."

"There is no greater power than the power of faith."

"A small lie today becomes a big problem tomorrow."

"The pursuit of learning is the pursuit of happiness itself."

"One cannot invent a system so perfect that no one needs to be good."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"There are a terrible lot of lies about in the world, and the most striking thing about them is that they are largely believed."

"The only traditions of the civil service are routine and short-sightedness."

"A man does what he must for the people that he loves."

"It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required."

"Knowledge is the treasure of the wise man."

"The test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching."

"Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is necessary."

"Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."