Sir Winston Churchill Quotes

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.

• speech
• inspiration
• oratory

It is no use saying, “We are doing our best.” You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

• success
• performance
• results

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

• death

There comes a special moment in everyone’s life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission – a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he finds greatness. It is his finest hour.

• purpose
• opportunity

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

• courage
• speech
• listening