这句话出自于英国政治家温斯顿·丘吉尔的演讲，原文是：“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realised; no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal.” 这段话的意思是：“我所能提供的只有鲜血、辛劳、眼泪和汗水。我们面前有一项最痛苦的考验，有着漫长的抗争和苦难。你们问，我们的政策是什么？我可以说：我们要用我们所有的力量，通过海、陆、空三个方面来打一场战争，用上帝所能赋予我们的全部力量来打一场战争，反抗一个罪恶的暴政，一个人类罪恶的黑暗和哀伤的罪恶史上罕见的恶魔。这就是我们的政策。你们问，我们的目标是什么？我可以用一个词来回答：胜利，无论代价如何，无论恐惧如何，必须取得胜利，因为没有胜利就没有生存。让人们认识到这一点，英国帝国没有生存，所有英国帝国代表的东西都没有生存，所有世代以来的冲动和动力，即人类将向着其目标前进的冲动和动力，都没有生存。”这句名言语录中的“意志如钢铁，信念如火焰”是其中一句比较有名的话，意思是说要拥有坚定的意志和强烈的信念，就像钢铁一样坚不可摧，像火焰一样燃烧不尽。