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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Little Happier: Some Words from Winston Churchill—Among Other Things, He Was a Terrific Writer

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Winston Churchill was an extraordinary presence on the world stage, and among his strengths, he had a tremendous gift with words. Here are just a few of the powerful, insightful, or hilarious observations he made.

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I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is a little happier.

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On my recent book tour for my book Secrets of Adulthood,

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I did an event at a space that featured a large photograph of Winston Churchill.

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Seeing that photo got me reflecting on Winston Churchill, his words, his actions, his legacy. Years ago, I wrote a biography of Churchill,

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40 ways to look at Winston Churchill. What a joy it was to write that book. What a subject,

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what a time in history. In that short, unconventional biography, I tried to

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capture the complexity of Churchill, his gifts and virtues, his weaknesses and limitations, and his

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contribution. I enjoyed doing the research for that book tremendously, and one major reason was that

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Churchill himself was such an exceptional

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