"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without loss of
 enthusiasm."
					-Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)


"No idea is so outlandish that it should be not considered with a searching,
 but at the same time with a steady eye."
					-Winston Churchill


"Owing to past neglect, in the face of the plainest warnings, we have now
 entered upon a period of danger. The era of procrastination, of halfmeasures,
 ...of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of
 consequences... We cannot avoid this period, we are in it now... Unless ...this
 House resolves to find out the truth for itself, it will have committed an act
 of abdication of duty without parallel." 

                    -Winston Churchill,
                     12 November 1936
                     Testimony to the House of Commons:
                     Debate on National Defense Posture 

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; 
 an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." 

                    -Winston Churchill

"Experts on tap - not on top."

                    -Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill's
20 LESSONS OF LEADERSHIP

Stephen Mansfield, NEVER GIVE IN: THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER OF WINSTON
CHURCHILL
(Elkton, MD: Highland Books, 1998), pp. 227-228.

1) Bitterness erodes strong leadership: it anchors a leader to the past,
distracting him/her from the promise of the future.

2) A leader is often his/her own best teacher.

3) Overwhelming moral and physical courage is at the foundation of all great
leadership.

4) To offer a people hope is to acquire a position of leadership in their
lives.

5) Religious faith elevates leaders by freeing them from the cult of the
contemporary.

6) The quality of a leader is often reflected in the quality of his/her
marriage.

7) Leadership is not a popularity contest; criticism is part of the job.
Leaders are forged as much by time in the wilderness as by times of
popularity.

8) True leadership requires hard work -- there is no substitute.

9) The courage to look hard realities in the face is essential to effective
leadership.

10) A man/woman cannot lead his/her generation if he/she cannot lead his/her
children.

11) Great leadership is held aloft by the winds of compassion.

12) When a leader needs a break, a change is often as good as a rest.

13) Men/Women who believe in eternal life seldom fear death in this life.

14) A sense of humor reflects a healthy grasp of the difference between what
is and what ought to be.

15) A leader will only command the level of loyalty he/she is willing to
give to others.

16) Great leaders apply the past to the present so as to shape the future.

17) Words are the arsenal of leadership.

18) Leaders can never afford to lose the beauty of life in the corrosive
tedium of work.

19) A firm grasp on eternal realities enables a leader to stand apart from
his/her age and show it the way.

20) The leader's task is to boldly confront the currents of change and
harness its power for good.
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