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title: "5 Churchill Quotes By Gretchen Rubin"
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> [When I became obsessed with Winston Churchill, I wrote a book about Churchill. What a joy it was to write that book!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/when-i-became-obsessed-with-winston-churchill-i-wrote-a-book-about/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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> [It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have learned - mostly from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/it-s-so-easy-to-use-tired-shopworn-figures-of-speech-i-love-using/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/gretchen-rubin-867_against_it-s-so-easy-to-use-tired-shopworn-figur_1068370.png)

> [Like most people, I have several pet subjects - that may or may not be interesting to other people. Don't get me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/like-most-people-i-have-several-pet-subjects-that-may-or-may-not-be/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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> [When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/when-prime-minister-neville-chamberlain-s-government-fell-in-may-1940/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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> [No leader did more for his country than Winston Churchill. Brave, magnanimous, traditional, he was like a king-general from Britain's heroic past.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/no-leader-did-more-for-his-country-than-winston-churchill-brave/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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## Other authors on Churchill

## More by Gretchen Rubin

> [“Second Splendid Truth One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/second-splendid-truth-one-of-the-best-ways-to-make-yourself-happy-is/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/knowing-what-you-admire-in-others-is-a-wonderful-mirror-into-your/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/being-taken-for-granted-is-an-unpleasant-but-sincere-form-of-praise/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [“one Secret of Adulthood is “Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense’”? “And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-secret-of-adulthood-is-never-start-a-sentence-with-the-words-no/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we ACT because of the way we FEEL, we often FEEL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-of-the-findings-that-really-interests-me-is-that-although-we/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good about themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/we-all-want-to-get-along-well-with-other-people-and-one-way-to-do/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/during-my-study-of-happiness-i-noticed-something-that-surprised-me-i/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/there-is-a-preppy-wabi-sabi-to-soft-faded-khakis-and-cotton-shirts/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [“There are times in the lives of most of us,” observed William Edward Hartpole Lecky, “when we would have given all the world to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/there-are-times-in-the-lives-of-most-of-us-observed-william-edward/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [“I started thinking more about music. I thought I'd accepted the fact that, as part of "Being Gretchen," I didn't really like music, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-started-thinking-more-about-music-i-thought-i-d-accepted-the-fact/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/if-you-ve-had-something-for-more-than-six-months-and-it-s-still-not/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [“The pleasure of doing the same thing, in the same way, every day, shouldn't be overlooked. The things I do every day take on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/the-pleasure-of-doing-the-same-thing-in-the-same-way-every-day/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [Although we often assume that feelings inspire actions, in fact, actions also inspire feelings. By pushing myself to act happier, I make myself feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/although-we-often-assume-that-feelings-inspire-actions-in-fact/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [I love finding - or inventing - ways to categorize people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-love-finding-or-inventing-ways-to-categorize-people/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

> [“After someone's death, how strange to see the value drain away from his or her possessions; useful objects such as clothes, or dish towels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/after-someone-s-death-how-strange-to-see-the-value-drain-away-from/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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