We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Life Quotes, Spiritual Quotes

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business...

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business...

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has...

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has...

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

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...

Life is too short to be little.

Life is too short to be little.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

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

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

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.