--- title: "15 Courses Quotes By Winston Churchill" description: "15 Courses quotes by Winston Churchill. Plus more from Winston Churchill and more Courses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/winston-churchill-95_conflict_there-is-no-working-middle-course-in-war_2873248.jpg" --- > [There is no working middle course in wartime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/there-is-no-working-middle-course-in-wartime/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/winston-churchill-95_conflict_there-is-no-working-middle-course-in-war_2873248.jpg) > [I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-devoured-gibbon-i-rode-triumphantly-through-it-from-end-to-end-and/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/winston-churchill-95_accepted_i-devoured-gibbon-i-rode-triumphantly-th_608585.jpg) > [We make our buildings and afterwards they make us. They regulate the course of our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/we-make-our-buildings-and-afterwards-they-make-us-they-regulate-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/winston-churchill-95_building_we-make-our-buildings-and-afterwards-the_1424641.jpg) > [It is not given to human beings, happily for them, for otherwise life would be intolerable, to foresee or to predict to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/it-is-not-given-to-human-beings-happily-for-them-for-otherwise-life/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/winston-churchill-95_anticipation_it-is-not-given-to-human-beings-happily_907533.jpg) > [No one ever came to grief-except honorable grief-through riding horses. No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/no-one-ever-came-to-grief-except-honorable-grief-through-riding/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/winston-churchill-95_break_no-one-ever-came-to-grief-except-honorab_1191923.jpg) > [English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/english-literature-is-a-glorious-inheritance-which-is-open-to-all/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/winston-churchill-95_barriers_english-literature-is-a-glorious-inherit_33789.jpg) > [These cruel, wanton, indiscriminate bombings of London are, of course, a part of Hitler's invasion plans. He hopes, by killing large numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/these-cruel-wanton-indiscriminate-bombings-of-london-are-of-course-a/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/winston-churchill-95_bombing_these-cruel-wanton-indiscriminate-bombin_679315.jpg) > [Don't deliver an essay with so many points. No one can absorb it. Just say one thing... Of course, you can say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/don-t-deliver-an-essay-with-so-many-points-no-one-can-absorb-it-just/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/winston-churchill-95_courses_don-t-deliver-an-essay-with-so-many-poin_1517834.jpg) > [One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/one-time-he-was-asked-if-he-believed-in-an-afterlife-after-a-moment-s/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/winston-churchill-95_afterlife_one-time-he-was-asked-if-he-believed-in_102266.jpg) > [I shall endeavor to marshal British opinion against a course of action which would bring in my opinion the greatest evils upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-shall-endeavor-to-marshal-british-opinion-against-a-course-of/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/winston-churchill-95_action_i-shall-endeavor-to-marshal-british-opin_3047841.jpg) > [ My ability to persuade my wife to marry me \[was\] quite my most brilliant achievement ... Of course, it would have been… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/my-ability-to-persuade-my-wife-to-marry-me-was-quite-my-most/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/winston-churchill-95_ability_my-ability-to-persuade-my-wife-to-marry_1060815.jpg) > [There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/there-is-only-one-duty-only-one-safe-course-and-that-is-to-try-to-be-2/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/winston-churchill-95_believe_there-is-only-one-duty-only-one-safe-cou_2947360.jpg) > [Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?" Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/churchill-madam-would-you-sleep-with-me-for-five-million-pounds/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/winston-churchill-95_courses_churchill-madam-would-you-sleep-with-me_2179061.jpg) > [Nobody ever launched an attack without having misgivings beforehand, You ought to have misgivings before; but when the moment of action is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/nobody-ever-launched-an-attack-without-having-misgivings-beforehand/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/winston-churchill-95_action_nobody-ever-launched-an-attack-without-h_267482.jpg) > [There are two processes which we adopt consciously or unconsciously when we try to prophesy. We can seek a period in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/there-are-two-processes-which-we-adopt-consciously-or-unconsciously/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/winston-churchill-95_alterations_there-are-two-processes-which-we-adopt-c_266643.jpg) ## Other authors on Courses ## 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/courses/winston-churchill/#itemlist", "name": "15 Courses Quotes By Winston Churchill", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no working middle course in wartime.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Winston Churchill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/there-is-no-working-middle-course-in-wartime/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/winston-churchill-95_conflict_there-is-no-working-middle-course-in-war_2873248.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/winston-churchill-95_conflict_there-is-no-working-middle-course-in-war_2873248.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/winston-churchill-95_conflict_there-is-no-working-middle-course-in-war_2873248.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no working middle course in wartime.” — Winston Churchill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I devoured Gibbon. 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