Duty cannot exist without faith. faith
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. education
Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. beauty
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. success
Finality is not the language of politics. politics
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable for in politics there is no honour. politics
There is no gambling like politics. politics
Real politics are the possession and distribution of power. politics & power
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. courage
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time. time & truth
The secret of success is constancy to purpose. success
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. experience
In politics nothing is contemptible. politics
War is never a solution it is an aggravation. war
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. happiness & health
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end. love
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation. politics
There is no education like adversity. education
The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble. science
That fatal drollery called a representative government. government
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. being good & success
Justice is truth in action. truth
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. greatness & inspirational
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. truth
Never complain and never explain. motivation
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. courage
Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. men & truth
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. being good & greatness
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. change
Silence is the mother of truth. truth
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. men
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness. nature
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. greatness & knowledge
In a progressive country change is constant change is inevitable. change
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. power
A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy. government
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning. learning
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. marriage
Great countries are those that produce great people. greatness
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. success
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations. time
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. greatness & history
Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. happiness
Success is the child of audacity. success
A majority is always better than the best repartee. best
Where knowledge ends, religion begins. knowledge & religion
Travel teaches toleration. travel
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. men, strength & women
I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. best, hope & inspirational
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. best
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. history
I say that justice is truth in action. truth
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. experience & wisdom
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. greatness & travel
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. fear
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. learning
Assassination has never changed the history of the world. history
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. life & success
Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. power
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. failure & success
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. peace
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. government
Youth is a blunder Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret. aging
The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven. history
Change is inevitable. Change is constant. change
Fear makes us feel our humanity. fear
What is earnest is not always true on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. truth
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth. greatness
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end. love
We cannot learn men from books. men
Man is only great when he acts from passion. greatness & wisdom
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married. marriage
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. fear
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. knowledge & power
Youth is the trustee of prosperity. teen