Quotes about Resilience
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
- Winston Churchill
The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
- Winston Churchill
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
- Winston Churchill
We have not journeyed all this way across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.
- Winston Churchill
What kind of people do they [the Japanese] think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
- Winston Churchill
The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars England—he should have said Britain, of course—always wins one battle—the last.
- Winston Churchill
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
- Winston Churchill
When I warned [the French] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their prime minister and his divided cabinet, "In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken." Some chicken; some neck.
- Winston Churchill
The maxim of the British people is 'Business as Usual.'
- Winston Churchill
This was their finest hour
- Winston Churchill
You will make all kinds of mistakes but as long as you are generous and true and fierce you cannot hurt the world, or even seriously distress her.
- Winston Churchill
Hard work, says the Scottish proverb, never killed a man.
- David Ogilvy