There comes into the life of every man a task for which he and he alone is uniquely suited. What a shame if that moment finds him either unwilling or unprepared for that which would become his finest hour.

I like a man who grins when he fights.

I had a feeling once about mathematics - that I saw it all... but it was after dinner and I let it go.

You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.' You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory-victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their policy.

It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.

Courage is the greatest virtue because it guarantees all the rest.