Famous Winston Churchill Quotes

A well noted statesman and orator, sir Winston Churchill was also a Nobel prize winner as a writer. He made a number of extraordinary remarks of which I made a small collection. One should find inspiration for every day in these immortal words.

  • The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
  • If you are going through hell, keep going.
  • I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. (my favorite)
  • However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
  • The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
  • A nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it.
  • The price of greatness is responsibility.
  • There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.
  • The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison," and he said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
  • "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill. "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.

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