Winston Churchill's Path To Success

So many people get discouraged, discouraged by failure and loss. Winston Churchill recognized this and wisely put it "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" In this statement Churchill addresses the reason so many individuals just give up, they lose enthusiasm. I believe this statement to be true, rarely do you ever succeed on you first try doing anything. You must have the perseverance to finish what you're facing. Churchill, more than anyone knows what it is like to fail. Before he became Prime Minister, this acclaimed world leader was an aspiring politician in a lofty position in government, he proposed an invasion on the Peninsula of Gallipoli, where he hoped to gain control of the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. The mission turned into a catastrophe when nearly 53,000 British and Allied troops were killed and no ground was gained. Churchill took the blame and was removed from his position as First Lord of Admiralty, it seemed to everyone including himself that he was done for and would never live down his mistake that cost thousand their lives. …show more content…
He enlisted as a soldier in the British Army. Slowly he learned how to live and lead again, and ever so surely he made his way up the ranks till at the end of WWI he occupied his old seat in the British government. This time however, he knew how to fail and work through it till he succeeded. Eventually he would be made Prime Minister and lead Britain through one of their greatest trials during the Battle of Britain and the nightly bombing of London in WWII. During this time he also would make his famous speech to the people of England when he stated that they would "never