Quotes by Winston Churchill

I like things to happen; and if they don't happen, I like to make them happen.

Perfectionism spells paralysis.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

When I look back on all the worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.

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

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

If you are going through hell, keep going.

There are plenty of good ideas if only they can be backed with the power of action.

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

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

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and an American mother, was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst.

After a brief but eventful career in the army, he became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. He held many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during the first three decades of the century.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty - a post which he had earlier held from 1911 to 1915. In May, 1940, he became Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and remained in office until 1945. He took over the premiership again in the Conservative victory of 1951 and resigned in 1955. However, he remained a Member of Parliament until the general election of 1964, when he did not seek re-election. Queen Elizabeth II conferred on Churchill the dignity of Knighthood and invested him with the insignia of the Order of the Garter in 1953. Among the other countless honours and decorations he received, special mention should be made of the honorary citizenship of the United States which President Kennedy conferred on him in 1963.