“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
— Winston Churchill
Said at the Mansion House, London, on his 75th birthday, November 30, 1949. A reporter asked if he feared death.
30 November 1949. My seventy-fifth birthday. A reporter asked if I feared death. The answer came before I could think. Ready for my Maker? Of course. But is He ready for me? Not bravado. Just a man who had been shot at, voted out, buried politically, and kept showing up. Whatever waits on the other side of your fear, trust me, it should be afraid of you.