Top 500 Winston Churchill Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.”

— Winston Churchill

252. “The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.”

— Winston Churchill

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253. “The maxim, “Nothing prevails but perfection,” may be spelled PARALYSIS.”

— Winston Churchill

254. “The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.”

— Winston Churchill

255. “I’m so bored with it all.”

— Winston Churchill

256. “Better to dare mighty things and fail than to live in a grey twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.”

— Winston Churchill

257. “There is a treasure in the heart of every man if you can only find it.”

— Winston Churchill

258. “Land monopoly is not only monopoly, but it is by far the greatest of monopolies; it is a perpetual monopoly, and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly.”

— Winston Churchill

259. “Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.”

— Winston Churchill

260. “There is at least one thing worse than fighting with allies – And that is to fight without them.”

— Winston Churchill

261. “I propose that 100,000 degenerate Britons should be forcibly sterilized and others put in labour camps to halt the decline of the British race.”

— Winston Churchill

262. “Nourish your hopes, but do not overlook realities.”

— Winston Churchill

263. “There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.”

— Winston Churchill

264. “In Success you deserve it and in defeat, you need it.”

— Winston Churchill

265. “True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.”

— Winston Churchill

266. “Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I’d poison your tea. Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I’d drink it.”

— Winston Churchill

267. “Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death.”

— Winston Churchill

268. “When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.”

— Winston Churchill

269. “Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.”

— Winston Churchill

270. “You leave out God, and you substitute the devil.”

— Winston Churchill

271. “War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can’t smile, grin. If you can’t grin, keep out of the way till you can.”

— Winston Churchill

272. “No crime is so great as daring to excel.”

— Winston Churchill

273. “Never run away from anything. Never!”

— Winston Churchill

274. “Wars are not won by evacuations.”

— Winston Churchill

275. “These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.”

— Winston Churchill

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276. “Unpunctuality is a vile habit.”

— Winston Churchill

277. “There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.”

— Winston Churchill

278. “Beware of driving men to desperation. Even a cornered rat is dangerous.”

— Winston Churchill

279. “The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.”

— Winston Churchill

280. “The day may dawn when fair play, love for one’s fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene and triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.”

— Winston Churchill

281. “Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.”

— Winston Churchill

282. “The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.”

— Winston Churchill

283. “Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl – no superior alternative has yet been found.”

— Winston Churchill

284. “There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada with its virile, aspiring, cultured, and generous-hearted people.”

— Winston Churchill

285. “In the past we have had a light which flickered, in the present we have a light which flames, and in the future there will be a light which shines over all the land and sea.”

— Winston Churchill

286. “There but for the grace of God, goes God.”

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

288. “Things do not get better by being left alone.”

— Winston Churchill

289. “It is sheer laziness not compressing thought into a reasonable space.”

— Winston Churchill

290. “In Critical and baffling situations, it is always best to return to first principle and simple action.”

— Winston Churchill

291. “No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.”

— Winston Churchill

292. “Success in life is the ability to move from one mistake to another without loosing enthusiasm.”

— Winston Churchill

293. “Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”

— Winston Churchill

294. “Painting is a companion with whom one may walk a great part of life’s journey.”

— Winston Churchill

295. “The man who can master his time can master nearly anything.”

— Winston Churchill

296. “An efficient and a successful administration manifests itself equally in small as in great matters.”

— Winston Churchill

297. “I think a curse should rest on me – because I love this war. I know it’s smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment – and yet – I can’t help it – I enjoy every second of it.”

— Winston Churchill

298. “No matter. The dead bird does not leave the nest.”

— Winston Churchill

299. “When they told me that by the year 2100 women would rule the world, my reply was ‘Still?’”

— Winston Churchill

300. “The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.”

— Winston Churchill