Inspirational Quotes by Winston Churchill — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.”

“I'm bored with it all.”

“...But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since, its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to this form of madness. In a moment the fruits of patient toil, the prospects of material prosperity, the fear of death itself, are flung aside. The more emotional Pathans are powerless to resist. All rational considerations are forgotten. Seizing their weapons, they become Ghazis—as dangerous and as sensible as mad dogs: fit only to be treated as such. While the more generous spirits among the tribesmen become convulsed in an ecstasy of religious bloodthirstiness, poorer and more material souls derive additional impulses from the influence of others, the hopes of plunder and the joy of fighting. Thus whole nations are roused to arms. Thus the Turks repel their enemies, the Arabs of the Soudan break the British squares, and the rising on the Indian frontier spreads far and wide. In each case civilisation is confronted with militant Mahommedanism. The forces of progress clash with those of reaction. The religion of blood and war is face to face with that of peace.”

“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property – either as a child, a wife, or a concubine – must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the faith: all know how to die but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.”

“Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.”

“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.”

“When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.”

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”

“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.”

“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

“Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

“I never worry about action, but only inaction.”

“Never, never, never give up.”

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

“Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.”

“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”