Winston Churchill Best Quotes & Sayings

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. — Winston S. Churchill

Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard. — Winston Churchill

I am writing in one of the Keepers' Lodges to wh I have returned after stalking & where I am waiting for the Prince of Wales. Quite the best day's sport I have had in this country - 4 good stags & home early! — Winston Churchill

I am a man of simple tastes-I am quite easily satisfied with the best of everything. — Winston Churchill

I am easily satisfied with the very best. — Winston S. Churchill

We will mete out to the Germans the measure and more than the measure that they have meted out to us. We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst and we will do our best. — Winston Churchill

Short words are best, and old words when short are best of all. — Winston S. Churchill

872, Ivar, King of the Northmen of all Ireland and Britain , ended his life." He had conquered Mercia and East Anglia. He had captured the major stronghold of the kingdom of Strathclyde, Dumbarton. Laden with loot and seemingly invincible, he settled in Dublin and died there peacefully two years later. The pious chroniclers report that he "slept in Christ." Thus it may be that he had the best of both worlds. — Winston Churchill

Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required. — Winston S. Churchill

My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best. — Winston S. Churchill

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible. — Winston Churchill

The Golcondas were considered incomparably the best team in Southern India ... [But] we defeated [them] by 9 goals to 3. On succeeding days we made short work of all other opponents, and established the record, never since broken, of winning a first-class tournament within fifty days of landing in India. — Winston Churchill

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable. — Winston Churchill

I am a man of simple tastes easily satisfied with the best — Winston S. Churchill

Democracy is the best form of the worst type of government — Winston Churchill

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all. — Winston Churchill

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. — Winston Churchill

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. — Winston S. Churchill

In Critical and baffling situations, it is always best to return to first principle and simple action — Winston Churchill

When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have. — Winston Churchill

My tastes are simple. I like only the very best. — Winston Churchill

In the mid-1950s Winston Churchill advised his American friends to recognize that Ho Chi Minh was unbeatable, accept his victory, and try to make the best of it. This the Dulles brothers could not do - because they were Americans. — Stephen Kinzer

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required. — Winston S. Churchill

You do your worst, and we'll do our best. — Winston Churchill

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. — Winston Churchill

We are really doing our very best. There are no doubt many mistakes and shortcomings. A lot of things are done none too well. Some things that ought to be done have not yet been done ... [But Britain's effort has] justly commanded the wonder and admiration of every friendly nation in the world. — Winston Churchill

One must never forget when misfortunes come that it is quite possible they are saving one from something much worse; or that when you make some great mistake, it may very easily serve you better than the best-advised decision. Life is a whole, and luck is a whole, and no part of them can be separated from the rest. — Winston S. Churchill

Everyone threw the blame on me ... they nearly always do. I suppose ... they think I shall be able to bear it best. — Winston Churchill

Listing your personal milestones is like storing a pocketful of sunshine for a rainy day. Sometimes our best is simply not enough ... We have to do what is required. — Winston Churchill

I expect you will find that change is the best kind of rest. — Winston Churchill

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. — Winston S. Churchill

Have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 4 June 1940 — Andrew Roberts

From time to time the German U-boat commanders have tried their best to behave with humanity. We have seen them give good warning and also endeavour to help the crews to find their way to port. One German captain signalled to me personally the position of a British ship which he had just sunk, and urged that rescue should be sent. He signed his message "German Submarine". I was in some doubt at the time to what address I should direct a reply. However, he is now in our hands, and is treated with all consideration. Even — Winston S. Churchill

The whole of northern Norway was covered with snow to depths which none of our soldiers had ever seen, felt, or imagined. There were neither snow-shoes nor skis - still less skiers. We must do our best. Thus began this ramshackle campaign. — Winston Churchill

Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have. — Winston Churchill

God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it is. We can only do our best. — Winston Churchill

One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards." — Winston Churchill