“The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.”
More from Sir Winston Churchill on Wisdom
“...anger is a waste of energy. Steam which is used to blow off a safety valve would be better used to drive an engine.”
“Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.”
“Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics, many times.”
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
“It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than to apply them.”
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.”
“The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection," may be spelled PARALYSIS.”
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”
“Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”
“I am easily satisfied with the very best.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”