Winston Churchhill

Poignant quotes from two speeches the British Prime Minister delivered during World War 2.

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 in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

 

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour."

On Socialism

It is a damn shame that our youth has been so cheated by the education system that they don't appreciate what EVERY COUNTRY THAT HAS TRIED SOCIALISM has turned into - a failed nation with death and destruction everywhere. And the only winners are the "leaders" who rape the wealth of the country and leave it as an empty shell while they move to a capitalist country and enjoy their newfound gains.

The words of Patrick Henry

The words of Patrick Henry are apropos: "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" -----

No one saves us but ourselves

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”

You alone are responsible for your life. If your life isn’t where you want it to be, it certainly doesn’t feel like that, but remember, you have the power to change, if you choose to do so.

Making excuses, blaming, and wallowing will get you nowhere. You alone must take responsibility and walk your path.

Man in the Arena

Man in the Arena

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910 by Teddy Roosevelt.