Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on Action
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Sir, I say that justice is truth in action.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We can not learn men from books.
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It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.
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We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.
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When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.
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Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
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Many thanks: I shall lose no time in reading it.
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The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it: he that fears otherwise, gives advantage to the danger.