Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.

Never, never, never give up.

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

Go into the sunshine and be happy with what you see.

Bessie Braddock: "Winston, you're drunk. Churchill: "Bessie, you're ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober.

I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

I have not always been wrong. History will bear me out, particularly as I shall write that history myself.