[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.

Perfectionism spells paralysis.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial... I thought I knew a good deal about it all, I was sure I should not fail.

Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war.

The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.