Winston Churchill

My dear, I have been so busy with the war that I have not had time to think about anything else. But I do think of you often.

I am not a great man, but I am a man who has done great things.

We are masters of our own destiny. We are the captains of our own souls.

I am an optimist. It does not seem much use being anything else.

I have always felt that the best way to get to know a country is to fight for it.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

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

For myself, I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

I am easily satisfied with the best.

The greatest dangers lie ahead, not behind.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to persuade my wife to marry me.

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

I have always considered that a man who can be happy without a pipe is a man who can be happy without a wife.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than the problems of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, I am a prod.

The only statistics you can trust are those you've faked yourself.

I have never accepted the idea that the world is a place of sorrow, but rather that it is a place of joy and wonder.