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.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: Life Quotes

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be...

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be...

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry...

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry...

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.

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us....

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us....

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers...

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers...

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

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.

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything...

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything...

No one ever finds life worth living - one has to make it worth living

No one ever finds life worth living - one has to make it worth living

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...

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what...

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what...

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all...

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all...

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end....

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end....

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes...

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes...

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on...

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on...