Brilliant British!

Two amazing men: C.S. Lewis and Sir Winston Churchill. Though one was a British Prime Minister and the other an author and teacher, they both were gifted with the ability to speak in a way that really voiced the emotions most of us a feel, but few of us can express. I heard a quote by Winston Churchill in church today so I went online to find it, but instead discovered a huge library of other great things he said. So I decided to find a few of my favorites, mesh them with some of my favorite C.S. Lewis quotes, and make a post out of it! Enjoy!

C.S. Lewis

“I think one may be quite rid of the old haunting suspicion, which raises its head in every temptation, that there is something else than God, some other country, into which he forbids us to trespass. Some kind of delight which he ‘doesn’t appreciate’ or just chooses to forbid, but would be real delight if only we were allowed to get it. The thing just isn’t there. Whatever we desire is either what God is trying to give us as quickly as He can, or else a false picture of what he is trying to give us, a false picture which would not attract us for a moment if we saw the real thing” – C.S. Lewis

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.”- C.S. Lewis

"A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in."- C. S. Lewis

“Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible resemblance to reality. No one can deceive you unless he makes you think he is telling the truth”- C.S. Lewis

Sir Winston Churchill

“This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy”- Sir Winston Churchill

“We have surmounted all the perils and endured all the agonies of the past. We shall provide against and thus prevail over the dangers and problems of the future, withhold no sacrifice, grudge no toil, seek no sordid gain, fear no foe. All will be well. We have, I believe, within us the life-strength and guiding light by which the tormented world around us may find the harbour of safety, after a storm-beaten voyage."- Sir Winston Churchill

"Today is Trinity Sunday. Centuries ago words were written to be a call and a spur to the faithful servants of Truth and Justice: 'Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar. As the will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be.'"- Sir Winston Churchill

Aren’t those great!? There are so many more out there! A few good links are:
http://www.quotedb.com/authors/cs-lewis/1
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=388
Check them out and please share what your favorites were!