Winston Churchill Mistake Quotations

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

The biggest mistake that leaders can make is to give people false hope that melts like snow.

It is very easy to say that your opponents have been guilty of a breach of faith, but it is a great mistake to splash the paint about so freely that your words cease to have any real meaning and cease to carry any sense of affront even to those to whom they are applied and cease to bear any connection with any genuine feeling of indignation on the part of those on whose behalf they are spoken.

There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, and timid policies offer a path to safety.

It is a great mistake to suppose that thrift is caused only by fear; it springs from hope as well as from fear; where there is no hope, be sure there will be no thrift.

If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise.

I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes.

The loyalties which center upon number one are enormous. If he trips, he must be sustained. If he make mistakes, they must be covered. If he sleeps, he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good, he must be pole-axed.

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed.

We are really doing our very best. There are no doubt many mistakes and shortcomings. A lot of things are done none too well. Some things that ought to be done have not yet been done...[But Britain's effort has] justly commanded the wonder and admiration of every friendly nation in the world.

Success in life is the ability to move from one mistake to another without loosing enthusiasm.

In my experience of large enterprises, I have found it is often a mistake to try to settle everything at once.