Famous Quotes by Winston Churchill (132 Quotations)

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

Winston Churchill – [Victory]

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

Winston Churchill – [War]

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.

Winston Churchill – [Age and Aging]

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

Winston Churchill – [Wealth]

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

Winston Churchill – [Anxiety]

We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.

Winston Churchill – [Home]

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

Winston Churchill – [Critics and Criticism]

When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.

Winston Churchill – [Worry]

When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.

Winston Churchill – [Silence]

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Winston Churchill – [Security]

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Winston Churchill – [Arts and Artists]

Writing is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.

Winston Churchill – [Writers and Writing]