Top 30 Winston Churchill Quotes about Life & Power

1. “History is written by the victors.” – Winston Churchill

2. “A joke is a very serious thing.” – Winston Churchill

3. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

4. “War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.” – Winston Churchill

5. “We shape our buildings thereafter they shape us.” – Winston Churchill

6. “I am easily satisfied with the very best.” – Winston Churchill

7. “Great and good are seldom the same man.” – Winston Churchill

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8. “There is no such thing as a good tax.” – Winston Churchill

9. “No crime is so great as daring to excel.” – Winston Churchill

10. “Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” – Winston Churchill

11. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill

12. “Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.” – Winston Churchill

13. “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.” – Winston Churchill

14. “One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.” – Winston Churchill

15. “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” – Winston Churchill

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16. “We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.” – Winston Churchill

17. “To improve is to change to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill

18. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

19. “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” – Winston Churchill

20. “Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.” – Winston Churchill

21. “The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.” – Winston Churchill

22. “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” – Winston Churchill

23. “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” – Winston Churchill

24. “If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.” – Winston Churchill

25. “In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.” – Winston Churchill

26. “It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.” – Winston Churchill

27. “The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.” – Winston Churchill

28. “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” – Winston Churchill

29. “It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.” – Winston Churchill

30. “I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.” – Winston Churchill