Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all men who would mount, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Perseverance Quotes, Tact Quotes

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of...

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of...

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

London is a roost for every bird.

London is a roost for every bird.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

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

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

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with...

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with...

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears...

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears...

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.

I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow...

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow...

Each one of an affectionate couple may be willing, as we say, to die for...

Each one of an affectionate couple may be willing, as we say, to die for...