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| Benjamin Disraeli
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both. A precedent embalms a principle. Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children. An insular country, subject to fogs, and with a powerful middle class, requires grave statesmen. As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. Change is inevitable. In a progressive country change is constant. Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them. Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successfulEvery production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many of the prejudices of the few. I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment. I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. I repeat...that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist. If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief. If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that I suppose would be a calamity. Ignorance never settles a question. In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable. Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation. Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Life is too short to be small.London is a roost for every bird. Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit. My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli, I predict, Sir, that you will die either by hanging or of some vile disease. Disraeli replied, That all depends, sir, upon whether I embrace your principles or your mistress. One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Protection is not a principle but an expedient. Sir, I say that justice is truth in action. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance. The fool wonders, the wise man asks. (1804-1881, British Prime Minister) The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps. The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. The secret of success is consistency of purpose.The secret to success is constancy to purpose. The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity. There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time. Time is the great physician. To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder. War is never a solution; it is an aggravation. We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity. We make our own fortunes and call them fate. When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize. William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect. Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret. |
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