About Winston Churchill

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

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• 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)

More quotes on change

• We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.Maya Angelou
• Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs one step at a time.Mark Twain
• Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.Oscar Wilde
• We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.J.K. Rowling
• Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.Toni Morrison
• Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.Leo Tolstoy

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