I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.
Winston ChurchillWorking hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.
Winston ChurchillBetter to dare mighty things and fail than to live in a grey twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.
Winston Churchill