Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
Born: December 21, 1804
Benjamin Disraeli, a visionary statesman and two-time British Prime Minister, transcended politics to become an enduring oracle of innovation. His philosophy, rooted in the audacity of imagination over mere precedent, championed progress as the engine of civilization. Disraeli understood that true leadership requires daring to reshape the world, not just manage it. His sharp aphorisms on resilience, foresight, and the power of ideas resonate deeply with today’s tech pioneers and entrepreneurs, who see in his words a timeless blueprint for navigating disruption and building a future that defies the ordinary.
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes (68)
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."
— Benjamin Disraeli"I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Never complain and never explain."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."
— Benjamin Disraeli"As for our majority... one is enough."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."
— Benjamin Disraeli"The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Change is inevitable. Change is constant."
— Benjamin Disraeli"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."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret."
— Benjamin Disraeli"War is never a solution; it is an aggravation."
— Benjamin Disraeli"One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."
— Benjamin Disraeli"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
— Benjamin Disraeli"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end."
— Benjamin Disraeli"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."
— Benjamin Disraeli"There is no education like adversity."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Justice is truth in action."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Never take anything for granted."
— Benjamin Disraeli"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations."
— Benjamin Disraeli"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Where knowledge ends, religion begins."
— Benjamin Disraeli"Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life."
— Benjamin Disraeli