Benjamin Disraeli

“As for our majority... one is enough.”

“We cannot learn men from books.”

“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”

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

“In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.”

“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.”

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

“Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.”

“Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.”

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

“Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.”

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

“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”

“To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.”

“The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.”

“A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.”

“The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.”

“Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.”

“There is no education like adversity.”

“No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.”

“Duty cannot exist without faith.”