The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.
Toilet paper too thin, newspapers too fat.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man walking into the little booth with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper. No amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of that point.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.
History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience.
Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
I have taken more good from alcohol than alcohol has taken from me.
The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour. They will have war.
We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
The biggest argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter.
For myself, I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
