Winston Churchill

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."

"If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future."

"Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

"The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."

"History is written by the victors."

"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."

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

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

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

"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."

"I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught."

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

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

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

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

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."

"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."

"Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe."

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

"I never worry about action, but only inaction."

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

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

"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."

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

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."

"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."

"Never, never, never give up."

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."