Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Success

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Life

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Courage

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Success

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Education

Never complain and never explain.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Life

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Love

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Life

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Happiness

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Hope

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Hope

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

London is a roost for every bird.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Truth