About Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister who led the United Kingdom through World War II. (1874-1965)

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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)
• The price of greatness is responsibility.Speech at Harvard University (1943)
• Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, 'it is the quality which guarantees all others.'Great Contemporaries (1937)

More quotes on failure and resilience

• Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.Mahatma Gandhi
• If you can't fly, run; if you can't run, walk; if you can't walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving.Martin Luther King Jr.
• If there is no struggle, there is no progress.Frederick Douglass
• I had crossed the line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom.Harriet Tubman
• The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.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

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