For myself I am an optimist, it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
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Winston ChurchillSpeech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, Guildhall (1954)
About Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister who led the United Kingdom through World War II. (1874-1965)
More from Winston Churchill
- I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.First speech as Prime Minister, House of Commons (1940)
- Never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.Speech at Harrow School (1941)
- We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.Speech in the House of Commons (4 June 1940)
- Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'Speech in the House of Commons (18 June 1940)
- Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.Speech at the Lord Mayor's Luncheon, Mansion House (1942)
- The price of greatness is responsibility.Speech at Harvard University (1943)
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- You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.Mahatma Gandhi
- I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence.Frederick Douglass
- I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.Rosa Parks
- Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.John Lewis
- Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.Helen Keller
- Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.Helen Keller
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