Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: Deceit Quotes, Praise Quotes

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the...

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the...

In war as in life, it is often necessary whensome cherished scheme has failed, to...

In war as in life, it is often necessary whensome cherished scheme has failed, to...

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him...

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever....

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever....

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the...

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the...

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a...

Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a...

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There...

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There...