“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
Winston Churchill
“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”
After sharing Winston Churchill’s wonderful quote above about success in an earlier post, I was inspired to find more words of wisdom from him to inspire us on our way today:
“We make a living by what we get, but a life by what we give.”
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
“I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use to be anything else.”
“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
“This is not time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.”
“Kites rise against the wind—not with it.
“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.”
“All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”
“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”
“I never worry about action, only inaction.”
“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 on the fields and in the streets, e shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
“Never, never, never give up.”
And now, emboldened and energized, let’s all write on!
Karin
I have this quote all over my house and on business cards and magnets
“ We make a living by what we get, but a life by whaat wee give.”!!
Churchillian voiceovers
“Attitude may be small, yes — but so is a spark, and it can set the whole world alight, or at least your trousers.”
“Success is merely the art of stumbling from one disaster to the next with your head high, your tie straight, and your spirits delusionally intact.”
“One earns a living by collecting things; one earns a life by giving them away and pretending not to mind.”
“It takes courage to stand and speak your mind — and perhaps even more to sit and listen to someone else do it poorly.”
“Falsehoods travel like lightning; truth, poor fellow, is still looking for its trousers.”
“The pessimist complains of the storm; the optimist builds a boat; I suggest you learn to swim.”
“I remain an optimist—pessimism is far too exhausting and gets nothing done but ulcers.”
“I’m ever eager to learn, provided no one lectures me in the process.”
“Now is not the hour for slippers and sherry. Now is the time to tighten belts, stiffen spines, and carry on with grim determination.”
“Even a kite must endure headwinds to ascend—much like Members of Parliament.”
“We command silence like kings; but once words escape our lips, we are but their humble servants—and often, their fools.”
“The finest ideas are short of syllables but long of consequence—freedom, duty, honor—none of which require footnotes.”
“Instead of fretting at midnight, do try planning at tea time.”
“It’s not what we do that haunts us—it’s all that infernal dithering about doing it.”
“We shall defend this island, come what may—on beaches, in fields, and, if necessary, in hotel lobbies—but defend it we shall, until the last sandwich is gone.”
“Never yield, never flinch, and never—under any circumstance—let the bastards wear you down.”
Now, emboldened, caffeinated, and perhaps a bit overconfident, let us all write on—as if the fate of civilization depended on our penmanship. Which, of course, it does.