Quotes by british authors

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home. Bear Grylls

Faith Home Religion Joy Christianity Finding About Forgiven Being Held

Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck. Bear Grylls

You Sometimes Matter Try Luck Bit Look How Hard Need

I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up. Bear Grylls

Hood John Robin Robin Hood Always Up Wanted Baptist Growing Growing Up

Life's full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn't matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it. Bear Grylls

Life You Fight Matter Think Telling Dream Something More Onto Always Lots Just Hold Sensible Your Full Your Dream Need

Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather. Bear Grylls

You Survival Protection Weather First Extreme Priority Getting Fast

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism. Ben Nicholson

Soul Corruption Consumerism American

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. Benjamin Disraeli

Good Mother Diligence Fortune Good Fortune

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity. Benjamin Disraeli

Youth Nation Posterity

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. Benjamin Disraeli

Merit Least Preservation

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory. Benjamin Disraeli

You Clever Very Should

Finality is not the language of politics. Benjamin Disraeli

Politics Language Finality

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. Benjamin Disraeli

Soul Consistent Destiny Capricious Believes Chance

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. Benjamin Disraeli

Strength You Women Men Nation Tell Behind

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions. Benjamin Disraeli

Fashion You Man Obey Will Made Own Nothing Worship Find Give Adore He Him Command Passions His

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. Benjamin Disraeli

Trust People Power Must For The People Exercise Springs Repeat Exist Accountable

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. Benjamin Disraeli

Government Long Secure Without Opposition Formidable

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice. Benjamin Disraeli

Character Voice Sure Greater

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. Benjamin Disraeli

Education People Fate Country Depends

Writing is a solitary occupation. Bernard Cornwell

Writing Solitary Occupation

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly. Bernard Law Montgomery

War Lose Air Quickly

I live close to Hampstead Heath, so when I do have spare time, I like to raise my white blood cell count with a swim in the men's pond. It's an ambition of mine to swim in the ponds on every day of the year. Bertie Carvel

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free. Bertrand Russell

Great Thought Free Destructive Habit Merciless Institutions Terrible Comfortable Privilege Revolutionary Established Subversive Swift

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction. Bertrand Russell

Love Destruction Made Our Religions Insight Brotherly Mass Mass Destruction Excuse Scientific Been Persecution Means Teach Used Profoundest

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. Bertrand Russell

Happiness Hope Needs Man Change Enterprise Only His Man Needs Enjoyment