Benjamin Disraeli Quotes, Thoughts and Image

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

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

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

There is no education like adversity.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

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

Little things affect little minds.

Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.

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

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Never complain and never explain.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

Never take anything for granted.

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

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

Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.

What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.

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

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.

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

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

All my successes have been built on my failures.