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
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inspirational years calendars
Life is not dated merely by years. Events are sometimes the best calendars.
inspirational travel journey
Travel teaches toleration.
failure failure-inspirational built
All my successes have been built on my failures.
inspirational life littles
Life is too short to be little.
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 hope planning
I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
inspirational motivational success
Success is the child of audacity.
inspirational men odds
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
inspirational friendship success
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
inspirational funny motivational
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
inspirational being-yourself clever
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
enemies permanent
We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.
country determination appreciate
It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is—the determination to maintain the Empire of England.
wheels world rounds
The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.