Benjamin Disraeli Born: 1804-12-21 Birthplace: London, England Died: 1881-04-19 Location of Death: London, England Field: Head of State, Novelist Info: Prime Minister of Britain, 1874–80
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes Every great decision creates ripples--like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge, rebound off the banks in unforseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.
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- A precedent embalms a principle. ...
- Action may not always bring happiness but there is ...
- As a general rule the most successful man in life ...
- As a rule, he or she who has the most information ...
- Assassination has never changed the history of the ...
- Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a h ...
- Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the ...
- But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not ...
- Change is inevitable. In a progressive country cha ...
- Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct ...
- Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from P ...
- Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. ...
- Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer a ...
- Every great decision creates ripples--like a huge ...
- Fear makes us feel our humanity. ...
- Great services are not canceled by one act or by o ...
- Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence o ...
- He is a self-made man, very much in love with his ...
- How much easier it is to be critical than to be co ...
- I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good i ...
- I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not ind ...
- I must follow the people. Am I not their leader ...
- I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forg ...
- I repeat...that all power is a trust that we are a ...
- If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a ...
- Ignorance never settles a question. ...
- In a progressive country change is constant; chang ...
- Individuals may form communities, but it is instit ...
- It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day t ...
- It is easier to be critical than correct. ...
- It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the ...
- It is much easier to be critical than to be correc ...
- It is well-known what a middleman is he is a man w ...
- Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may ...
- Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I ...
- Little things affect little minds. ...
- Man is a being born to believe. And if no church c ...
- Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumst ...
- Mediocrity can talk but it is for genius to observ ...
- My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agr ...
- Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do s ...
- Never complain and never explain. ...
- Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the ...
- No government can be long secure without formidabl ...
- No man is regular in his attendance at the House o ...
- Nothing can resist the human will that will stake ...
- Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe ...
- One secret of success in life is for a man to be r ...
- Said Waldershare, 'Sensible men are all of the sam ...
- Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, ar ...
- Sir, I say that justice is truth in action. ...
- Success is the child of audacity. ...
- Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for ...
- The best way to become acquainted with a subject i ...
- The difference of race is one of the reasons why I ...
- The fool wonders, the wise man asks. ...
- The greatest good you can do for another is not ju ...
- The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolit ...
- The magic of first love is our ignorance that it c ...
- The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has b ...
- The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in ...
- The secret of success in life is for a man to be r ...
- The secret of success is constancy of purpose. ...
- The secret of success is for a man to be ready for ...
- The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the a ...
- There are three kinds of lies lies, damned lies, a ...
- There is an art of reading, as well as an art of t ...
- Through perseverance many people win success out o ...
- Time is precious, but truth is more precious than ...
- To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great s ...
- We are all born for love. It is the principle of e ...
- We live in an age when to be young and indifferent ...
- We make our fortunes and call them fate. ...
- What we anticipate seldom occurs what we least exp ...
- When men are pure, laws are useless when men are c ...
- When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appea ...
- Whenever is found what is called a paternal govern ...
- Youth is a blunder Manhood a struggle Old Age a re ...
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