Winston Churchill

…anger is a waste of energy. Steam which is used to blow off a safety valve would be better used to drive an engine.

Winston Churchill

…I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught…

Winston Churchill

…the best generals are those who arrive at the results of planning without being tied to plans.

Winston Churchill

[Nancy Astor: ‘If I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee.’] If I were married to you, I’d drink it.

Winston Churchill

A fanatic is someone who won’t change his mind, and won’t change the subject.

Winston Churchill

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.

Winston Churchill

A heightened sense of the observation of nature is one of the chief delights that have come to me through trying to paint.

Winston Churchill

A kite flies against the wind, not with it.

Winston Churchill

A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using it and tiring it, just in the same way as he can wear out the elbows of his coat.

Winston Churchill

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

Winston Churchill