The poodle [Rufus] ate in the dining room with the rest of the [Churchill] family. A cloth was laid for him on the Persian carpet beside the head of the household, and no one else ate until the butler had served Rufus's meal.

Painting a picture is like trying to fight a battle.

An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

Leadership is the intelligent use of power.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

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

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.