Churchill said much about suc­cess in life and pol­i­tics, but is fre­quent­ly mis­quot­ed. His gen­uine quo­ta­tions on the sub­ject are less often seen. Here are some of the things that he actu­al­ly said, con­firmed in Churchill By Him­self –in chrono­log­i­cal order, with cita­tions: “You must put your head into the lion’s mouth if the per­for­mance is to be a suc­cess.” –19 Feb­ru­ary 1900, South Africa, Lon­don to Lady­smith via Pre­to­ria, 1900. “…do not be car­ried away by suc­cess into demand­ing more than is right … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Suc­cess”: What Churchill REALLY Said