Here was a place where real things were going on. Here was a scene of vital action. Here was a place where anything might happen. Here was a place where something would certainly happen. Here I might leave my bones.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, will carry on the struggle until in God's good time the New World with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of the Old.

I always like to learn, but I don't always like to be taught.

If you are going to go through hell, keep going

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.