The archives of Sir Winston Churchill held at the University of Cambridge have joined the UNESCO "Memory of the World" Register, a collection of documents of exceptional universal value. Among these archives are sketches of his war speeches, letters addressed to Stalin, Roosevelt, Gandhi, and Laurence Olivier. The most famous British politician of the modern era delivered numerous speeches that still hold true today. We have put together a small list of quotes that resonate with us, ones we should all try to draw inspiration from in our everyday lives!
1. Be a good liver
"I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."
2. The power of imagination
"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."
3. Never give up
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
4. The importance of persistence
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
5. Change as an opportunity
"To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often."
6. The value of optimism
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
7. The power of determination
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."
8. The pursuit of excellence
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
9. Learning from mistakes
"All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes."
10. The importance of action
"It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it."
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2. The one during the war
"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat."
3. The one to become perfect
"To improve, one must change. So, to be perfect, one must have changed often."
4. The one to be more philosophical
"We live off what we obtain. We build our lives on what we give."
5. The one to remember that we always rise
"England expects that every man will do his duty."
"The cute one; falls in order, and France rises in disorder."
6. The one to stop being a gossip
"By swallowing the mean words we don't utter, we never damage our stomach."
7. The one for smokers
"Smoking a cigar is like falling in love. First, we are attracted by its shape; we stay for its flavor, and we must always remember to never, ever let the flame go out."
8. The one to get moving
"It's better to make the news than to receive it; it's better to be an actor than a critic."
9. Be a little more crazy
"The great lesson in life is that sometimes, it's the crazy ones who are right."
10. Believe in it
"Act as if it were impossible to fail."
