Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill

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"It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic."	Criticism, Monarchy
"Mr Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about."	Men
"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."	Success
"To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."	Destruction, Sin, Time
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."	Virtue
"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."	Miscellaneous
"Never in the field of human conflicts was so much owed by so many to so few."	Conflict, Men, War
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."	Life
"Success is never final."	Success
"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."	Excellence, Reading
"Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed."	Art
"The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning."	Change, Fear, Time
"My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked."	Age
"Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others."	Time
"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."	Change, Excellence, Knowledge
"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."	Argument, Confidence, Conflict
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."	Ability, Failure, Sin
"When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened."	Age, Death, Life
"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense."	Evil, Excellence, Glory
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."	Adversity, Difficulty, Opportunity
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Excellence	Failure	Faith
Fear	Glory	Greatness
History	Honesty	Honor
Hope	Intentions	Knowledge
Learning	Lies	Life
Light	Memory	Men
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