Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
- You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
- We cannot learn men from books.
- 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.
- There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
- We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
- King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
- Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
- Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
- Duty cannot exist without faith.
- Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
Best Quotes
- Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
- We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.
- I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
- I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
- Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.
- Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
- I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
- Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.
- The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music.
- Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.