Wisdom Quote by Winston S. Churchill — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

“An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, "If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea." Churchill's response, "Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it.”

“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”

“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”

“Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”

“The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don't necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom is largely a function of intelligence and self-awareness, not time on your hands. But you do become very good at thinking yourself into endless loops of desperation in half the time it would take a normal person.”

“Objects possess no charm or ugliness of their own; it is the person we are with that either turns a desert into a garden or makes the finest day feel dull.”

“He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.”

“A man must...not be content to do things well, but must also aim to do them gracefully.”

“The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23”

“The intelligent have plans; the wise have principles.”