You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Courage Quotes

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

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...

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.

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die;...

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die;...

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories...

Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories...

To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We...

To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...