These are our collection of famous quotes and memorable sayings by Benjamin Disraeli, who was a two term British Prime Minister, a parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure.
I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.
~Don’t we all?
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.
The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
~Obama understood and quoted Benjamin Disraeli, too bad he turned out to be just another story teller.
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
Never complain and never explain.
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.
The secret to success is constancy to purpose.
~This is the most inspirational Benjamin Disraeli quotes
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
It is easier to be critical than correct.
No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.
Travel teaches toleration.
It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
Justice is truth in action.
There is no education like adversity.
As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
And this is the most quoted Benjamin Disraeli quotes:
“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. ”
Lastly, Benjamin Disraeli on Quotations:
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
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