Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, 

KG. OM.  CH. TD, DL. FRS. DA.

b. 30 November 1874 d 24 January 1965

British Statesman. Prime Minister of United Kingdom 1940-45 and 1951-55.

British Army Lieutenant Colonel. Historian. Writer. Artist

Nobel prize for literature 1953

Honorary Citizen USA 1963

(One of only eight ever awarded)

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Personally I'm always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

When I am abroad I always make it a rule never to criticise or attack the government of my own country.  I make up for lost time when I come home.

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.

When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

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

For myself I am an optimist, it does not seem much use being anything else.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. You will only double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.