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" We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act but a habit".

Aristotle    384 - 322BC    Greek philosopher

 

Nancy Astor: "If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee"

Winston Churchill: "And if I were your husband I would drink it"

A verbal exchange between Lady Nancy Astor 1879 - 1964, American born British conservative politician and Sir Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965 British conservative statesman and Prime Minister.

 

“What though the field be lost?

All is not lost; the unconquerable will,

And courage never to submit or yield”.

 

John Milton    1608 – 74    English metaphysical poet

 

"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals".

Sir Winston Churchill  1874 - 1965  British conservative statesman and Prime Minister. 

 

"Some men see things as they are and say, why? I dream things that never were and say, Why not?"

John F Kennedy  1917-63  American Democratic statesman, 35th President of the US.

 

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him"

Voltaire  1694 - 1778  French writer and philosopher.

 

"If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons".

Sir Winston Churchill  1874 - 1965  British conservative statesman and Prime Minister. 

 

Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand!

Sir Walter Scott   1771-1832  Scottish novelist and poet

 

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.

George Santayana  1863-1952  Spanish born philosopher and critic

 

It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who's 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, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion and spends himself in a worthy cause; who best knows at the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt 1885 - 1919 26th President of the United States of America

 

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.

Philo of Alexandria   20BC - 50AD  Jewish philosopher