Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRSwas a British politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and...
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Date of Birth21 December 1804
Benjamin Disraeli quotes about
inspiration men competition
What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.
inspiration competition emulation
Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.
inspirational time teenage
Youth is the trustee of prosperity.
inspirational years calendars
Life is not dated merely by years. Events are sometimes the best calendars.
inspiration knowledge men
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
inspirational travel journey
Travel teaches toleration.
failure failure-inspirational built
All my successes have been built on my failures.
inspirational success wisdom
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
inspirational life littles
Life is too short to be little.
inspiration reading writing
When I want to read a novel, I write one.
inspirational successful men
Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.
inspirational perseverance determination
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.
inspirational travel memorable
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
inspirational wise wisdom
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.