Benjamin Disraeli Quotes About Life
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns.
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He who anticipates his century is generally persecuted when living, and always pilfered when dead.
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That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us; which first makes us think.
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Change is constant in a progressive country.
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But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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We make our fortunes and we call them fate.
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Life is too short to be little.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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Benjamin Disraeli
- Born: December 21, 1804
- Died: April 19, 1881
- Occupation: Former Leader of the House of Commons
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