It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this...

I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this...

MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount...

MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount...

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

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

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to...

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to...

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it....

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it....

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard...

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard...

When you feel like giving up...Don't.

When you feel like giving up...Don't.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

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

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which...

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which...

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

Never, never, never give up.

Never, never, never give up.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if...

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if...