The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

Success is the child of audacity.

Success is the child of audacity.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

His Christianity was muscular

His Christianity was muscular

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

We moralize among ruins.

We moralize among ruins.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches...

Books are the curse of the human race

Books are the curse of the human race

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is...

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

There is no education like adversity

There is no education like adversity

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...

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.

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...