Quotes for English Learners
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Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill :
A lie A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Winston Churchill |
truth
A pessimist versus an optimist A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill |
motivational
A real politician A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Winston Churchill |
politics
Against it Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
Winston Churchill |
success
Argument against democracy The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill |
politics
As long as you are generous You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.
Winston Churchill |
generosity
Bodyguard In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
Winston Churchill |
truth
Failure Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill |
motivational
From failure to failure Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill |
success
Incontrovertible The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
Winston Churchill |
truth
It is a game 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 and peace
key to success Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Winston Churchill |
money
Reflection Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.
Winston Churchill |
holiday
Socialism Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill |
politics
Stumbling Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill |
success
Stumbling over the truth Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Winston Churchill |
truth
Success is not final Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill |
success
To change To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
Winston Churchill |
change
Unpopular in prison Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
Winston Churchill |
politics
Very serious A joke is a very serious thing.
Winston Churchill |
humor
What is democracy It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill |
politics
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