There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

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.

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...

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...

Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who...

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who...

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as...

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as...

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal...

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal...

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...

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to...

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to...

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

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

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after...

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after...

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of...

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of...

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power...

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power...

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.