Napoleon Bonaparte
Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
A picture is worth a thousand words.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
War is the business of barbarians.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
A leader is a dealer in hope.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Imagination rules the world.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The human race is governed by its imagination.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
All religions have been made by men.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Respect the burden.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
— Napoleon Bonaparte