Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
Old AgeRetirement When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
PoliticsTreacheryDishonor There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
HealthHappinessFoundationNational Well-being The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
EducationNational Fate Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
LeadershipDemocracyIntegrityPolitics The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
ConservatismProgressPrincipleFutureTradition Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
Great ThoughtsBeliefHeroismMindset Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
LiteratureDiscernmentTruth Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
PowerTrustAccountabilityGovernance I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
PoliticsStrategyOpportunismDeceptionConservatism The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
GriefSelf-ControlResiliencePerspective Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Time ManagementProductivityAction There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
KnowledgePowerWisdom The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
IdeaConquestFaithArt A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
Collective ActionIntegrityCollaboration Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
PerseveranceSuccessFailure Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Social JusticeInterdependenceStabilityGovernance The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
OpportunityWisdomDiscernmentTiming Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
LeadershipSuperiorityContempt To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.
WarPeaceServiceFolly The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.
PurposeDeterminationWillpowerPerseveranceAccomplishment 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.