“Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.”

More from Winston Churchill

• “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

  — Winston Churchill · Humorous · Politics

• “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

  — Winston Churchill · Famous Quotes

• “The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”

  — Winston Churchill · Truth · History

• “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

  — Winston Churchill · Success

• “History is written by the victors.”

  — Winston Churchill · History

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