Winston Churchill

Naturally I am biased in favour of boys learning English. I would make them all learn English: and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour, and Greek as a treat. But the only thing I would whip them for would be not knowing English. I would whip them hard for that.

Winston Churchill

Nature has not intended mankind to work from eight in the morning until midnight without that refreshment of blessed oblivion which, even if it only lasts twenty minutes, is sufficient to renew all the vital forces.

Winston Churchill

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Winston Churchill

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill

Never let a good crisis go to waste

Winston Churchill

Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

Winston Churchill

Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice.

Winston Churchill

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.

Winston Churchill

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.

Winston Churchill

No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.

Winston Churchill