No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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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.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not...

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

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...

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is...

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is...

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...

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

When you took your seat I felt as if a woman had come into my...

When you took your seat I felt as if a woman had come into my...

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...

Don't be careless about yourselves--on the other hand not too careful. Live well but do...

Don't be careless about yourselves--on the other hand not too careful. Live well but do...

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,...

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,...

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick...

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick...

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.