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Biography - Winston Churchill:

British politician and statesman.
Born: 1874 - Died: 1965
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.



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Quotes for: strength


Quotes

Quotes about strength:


Consciousness of our powers augments them.





I dare to believe that inner joy has some secret power to win the favour of fortune.





On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.





...and nobody knows the extent of his strength until he has tried.





There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.





Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.











Quotes

Quotes for: tree


All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green,





You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.





The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be miserable. A tree does not know itself to be miserable.





Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.





The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.





It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.











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Winston Churchill also said...


Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.





The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.





Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.





The price of greatness is responsibility.





Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.





For myself I am an optimist — it does not seem to be much use being anything else.












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