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May

15

Winston Churchill on Kites

Posted on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 2:24 am by Lars Toomre
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Kites rise highest against the wind — not with it.

— Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister during World War II

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May

9

Winston Churchill on Success

Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 7:31 am by Lars Toomre
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Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

— Winston Churchill

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May

1

Never Yield To Force

Posted on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 at 2:10 pm by Lars Toomre

Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

14

Awe-Inspiring Responsibility For The Future

Posted on Saturday, April 14th, 2012 at 6:14 pm by Lars Toomre
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The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

13

Attitude Makes A Big Difference

Posted on Friday, April 13th, 2012 at 2:24 pm by Lars Toomre
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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

12

Men Stumble Over Truth and Hurry Off

Posted on Thursday, April 12th, 2012 at 6:15 pm by Lars Toomre
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Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

11

Stand Up For Something

Posted on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 at 9:59 pm by Lars Toomre
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You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

10

Price of Greatness

Posted on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 at 11:45 am by Lars Toomre
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The price of greatness is responsibility.

— Winston Churchill

(1874 - 1965)

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Apr

9

Bear Stupidity of the Ignorant

Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012 at 1:05 pm by Lars Toomre
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The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

8

Swallow Evil Words Unsaid

Posted on Sunday, April 8th, 2012 at 2:35 am by Lars Toomre
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By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

7

Meet Danger Promptly and Head-on

Posted on Saturday, April 7th, 2012 at 5:39 pm by Lars Toomre
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One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

— Winston Churchill

English Prime Minister during World War II

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Apr

6

Winston Churchill on Success

Posted on Friday, April 6th, 2012 at 9:19 am by Lars Toomre
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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

5

Pigs Treat Us As Equals

Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 2:09 am by Lars Toomre
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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

4

Winston Churchill on Quotations

Posted on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at 1:36 pm by Lars Toomre
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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.

— Winston Churchill

From Roving Commission: My Early Life (1930) Chapter 9

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Apr

3

Uneducated Man Should Read Quotations

Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 at 9:08 pm by Lars Toomre
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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

— Winston Churchill

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Apr

2

Never, Never Give In

Posted on Monday, April 2nd, 2012 at 5:00 pm by Lars Toomre
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Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

— Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of Britain speaking at the Harrow School on October 29, 1941

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Apr

1

We Make A Life By What We Give

Posted on Sunday, April 1st, 2012 at 12:43 am by Lars Toomre
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We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

— Winston Churchill

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Mar

31

Winston Churchill on Democracy

Posted on Saturday, March 31st, 2012 at 3:42 am by Lars Toomre
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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

— Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister during World War II

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Mar

30

Historians and Documents

Posted on Friday, March 30th, 2012 at 1:58 pm by Lars Toomre
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I will put all this aside. I put it on the shelf, from which the historians, when they have time, will select their documents to tell their stories

— Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister speaking in House of Commons, 18 June 1940

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Mar

29

Winston Churchill on Perseverance

Posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 at 12:57 pm by Lars Toomre
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If you are going through hell, keep going.

— Winston Churchill

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Mar

28

Winston Churchill on Worries

Posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 at 3:37 pm by Lars Toomre
Winston Churchill dressed in suit about to enter British Parliment

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.

— Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister during World War II

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Mar

27

Uniquely Qualified For Greatness

Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 at 12:52 pm by Lars Toomre
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There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission — a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he finds greatness. It is his finest hour.

— Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister during World War II

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Mar

25

We Shall Never Surrender

Posted on Sunday, March 25th, 2012 at 8:21 pm by Lars Toomre
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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…

— Winston Churchill

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Mar

24

We Do What Is Required

Posted on Saturday, March 24th, 2012 at 4:52 am by Lars Toomre
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It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

— Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister during World War II

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Mar

23

Don't Try To Be Subtle

Posted on Friday, March 23rd, 2012 at 9:44 am by Lars Toomre
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If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver.

— Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister during World War II

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