“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

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

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

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

The price of greatness is responsibility.