There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true. Winston Churchill More Quotes by Winston Churchill More Quotes From Winston Churchill Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Winston Churchill sorrow journey death I am too busy. I have not time for worry. Winston Churchill too-busy busy worry Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path. Winston Churchill mexico destiny path Old men make war, young men fight and die Winston Churchill fighting men war It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them. Winston Churchill purpose leadership wonderful I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial... I thought I knew a good deal about it all, I was sure I should not fail. Winston Churchill destiny preparation past The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Winston Churchill yield war peace We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm. Winston Churchill wisdom believe history My greatest good fortune in a life of brilliant experiences has been to find you, and to lead my life with you. I don't feel far away from you out here at all. I feel very near in my heart; and also I feel that the nearer I get to honour, the nearer I am to you. Winston Churchill brilliant heart love Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. Winston Churchill memorial-day military war The only guide to man is his conscience. Winston Churchill conscience guides men Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward... The stronger the advocate of monarchical principle a man may be, the more zealously he must now endeavor to fortify the Throne and to give to His Majesty's successor that strength which can only come from the love of a united nation and Empire. Winston Churchill adversity giving men I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness... We are in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude which has befallen Great Britain and France. Do not let us blind ourselves to that... Do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. Winston Churchill adversity broken darkness They feed the crocodile in the hope that he will eat them last. Winston Churchill crocodiles lasts military The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-Boat peril...It did not take the form of flaring battles and glittering achievements, it manifested itself through statistics, diagrams, and curves unknown to the nation, incomprehensible to the public. Winston Churchill curves achievement war What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone? How else can we put ourselves in harmonious relation with the great verities and consolations of the infinite and the eternal? And I avow my faith that we are marching towards better days. Humanity will not be cast down. We are going on swinging bravely forward along the grand high road and already behind the distant mountains is the promise of the sun. Winston Churchill humanity life promise Good and great are seldom in the same man. Winston Churchill inspiring men Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history. Winston Churchill simple self thinking This beginning with Audacity, or being thrown into the middle of it, is already a very great part of the art of painting. Winston Churchill new-beginnings inspiring art Writing is an adventure. Winston Churchill writing adventure