“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
“To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.”
“We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
“If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time – a tremendous whack.”
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”
“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”
“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”
“I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.”
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
“We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.”
“We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.”
“My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.”