Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Diligence Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be...

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be...

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

Never complain and never explain.

Never complain and never explain.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence and its only...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence and its only...

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...

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

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

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain.

Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain.

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead...

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead...

I never knew what real happiness was until I got married. And by then it...

I never knew what real happiness was until I got married. And by then it...