--- title: "4 Broke Quotes By Winston Churchill" description: "4 Broke quotes by Winston Churchill. Plus more from Winston Churchill and more Broke sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/winston-churchill-95_able_the-great-war-differed-from-all-ancient_1326987.jpg" --- > [The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-great-war-differed-from-all-ancient-wars-in-the-immense-power-of/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/winston-churchill-95_able_the-great-war-differed-from-all-ancient_1326987.jpg) > [We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/we-proceeded-systematically-village-by-village-and-we-destroyed-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/winston-churchill-95_broke_we-proceeded-systematically-village-by-v_1406639.jpg) > [Now at last the slowly gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us. Four or five millions of men met each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/now-at-last-the-slowly-gathered-long-pent-up-fury-of-the-storm-broke/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/winston-churchill-95_broke_now-at-last-the-slowly-gathered-long-pen_1972701.jpg) > [Don't give your sons money. Give them horses. Many a good son has been ruined through the acquisition of money but no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/don-t-give-your-sons-money-give-them-horses-many-a-good-son-has-been/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/winston-churchill-95_acquisition_don-t-give-your-sons-money-give-them-hor_2702894.jpg) ## Other authors on Broke ## More by Winston Churchill > [The man who can master his time can master nearly anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-man-who-can-master-his-time-can-master-nearly-anything/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/this-is-no-time-for-ease-and-comfort-it-is-time-to-dare-and-endure/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/if-i-had-been-an-italian-i-am-sure-that-i-should-have-been-whole/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [Never, never, never give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-never-never-give-up/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-play-for-high-stakes-and-given-an-audience-there-is-no-act-too/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/man-will-occasionally-stumble-over-the-truth-but-most-times-he-will/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-american-constitution-declares-all-men-are-born-equal-the-british/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/god-alone-knows-how-great-it-is-all-i-hope-is-that-it-is-not-too-late/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/when-you-re-20-you-care-what-everyone-thinks-when-you-re-40-you-stop/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [Writing a book is an adventure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/writing-a-book-is-an-adventure/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/all-men-make-mistakes-but-only-wise-men-learn-from-their-mistakes/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/people-who-are-not-prepared-to-do-unpopular-things-and-defy-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/to-meet-roosevelt-with-all-his-buoyant-sparkle-his-iridescence-was/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-am-always-ready-to-learn-although-i-do-not-always-like-being-taught/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/there-are-plenty-of-good-ideas-if-only-they-can-be-backed-with-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broke/winston-churchill/#itemlist", "name": "4 Broke Quotes By Winston Churchill", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought. ... 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