温斯顿丘吉尔,政治家、画家、演说家、作家以及记者,1953年诺贝尔文学奖得主(获奖作品《不需要战争》),曾于1940-1945年及1951-1955年期间两度任英国首相,被认为是20世纪最重要的政治领袖之一,带领英国获得第二次世界大战的胜利。据传为历史上掌握英语单词词汇量最多的人之一(十二万多)。被美国杂志《展示》列为近百年来世界最有说服力的八大演说家之一。2002年,BBC举行了一个名为最伟大的100名英国人的调查,结果丘吉尔获选为有史以来最伟大的英国人。
下面是迷网为大家整理的丘吉尔名言:
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
成功不要紧,失败不致命。继续前行的勇气,才最可贵。
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
悲观主义者在每个机会里看到困难。乐观主义者在每个困难里看到机会。
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
勇气是能站起来侃侃而谈。勇气也是能坐下来静静倾听。
You have enemies? Good. That means you"ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
你有敌人?很好。这说明在你的生命中的某个时刻,你曾经呐喊过。
My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.
要求不高,只求最好。
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
人经常被真相困扰。但是大多数人装作没看见就走了。
If you are going through hell, keep going.
如果你感觉自己在走过地狱。走着别停。
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
历史对我不错,因为都是我写的。
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
谎言环游全球的时候,真相还没穿好裤子。
Never, never, never give in!
永不,永不,永不屈服。
Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.
Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.
Exchange between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill
阿斯特女士:如果你是我老公,我就在你酒里下毒。
丘吉尔:如果你是我老婆,我毫不犹豫喝下去。
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.
我本人是个乐观主义者,因为做别的貌似没什么用。
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
圆滑就是能让人满怀憧憬的走向地狱。
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
成功就是不断失败不失信心。
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
我喜欢猪。狗崇拜人类。猫鄙视人类。猪对我们一视同仁。
A lady came up to me one day and said "Sir! You are drunk", to which I replied "I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.
先生,你醉了。
女士,我今天是醉了。但明天我清醒了,你就要丑了。
A fanatic is one who can"t change his mind and won"t change the subject.
神经病就是既不肯听劝又不肯换个话题。
It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.
仅仅做到我们的最好是不够的,有时候我们得达到要求。