“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.”

— Winston Churchill · Wisdom quote

— WINSTON CHURCHILL

Statesman · 1874 – 1965

British prime minister during the Second World War and Nobel laureate in Literature.

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We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.