If one has to submit it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.
There are few virtues which the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.
Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat but they are no less difficult.
The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."
I have never accepted what many people have kindly said namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to...
We are all worms but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
History is written by the victors.
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.