Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on Success

17 quotes

  1. Yes, I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole.

  2. The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

  3. Success is the child of audacity.

  4. Beware of endeavouring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed: these are fearful odds.

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

  6. Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

  7. Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

  8. The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

  9. I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will that will stake even existence for its fulfilment.

  10. As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

  11. No success in public life can compensate for failure in the home.

  12. One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

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

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

  15. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

  16. ...a man who is never beaten. Every reverse, every defeat is to him only an admonition to wait and catch his opportunity of retrieving his position.

  17. Here's to the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick.

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