Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Fight, Will)

"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Religion, Poor)

"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Religion, People, Quiet)

"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Newspapers)

"Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Foresight, May)

"England is a nation of shopkeepers."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: England, Nation)

"Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Doctors, Will, World)

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Death, Nothing)

"An army marches on its stomach."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Army)

"All religions have been made by men."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Men)

"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Possession)

"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

"Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: History, Virtue, Philosophy, Skepticism)

"A true man hates no one."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Man)

"Ability is nothing without opportunity."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Opportunity, Ability, Nothing)

"Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Ambition, Circumstances, Thinking)

"Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Love, Courage, Hope)

"The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Madness, Proof)

"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
(Related: Time, Law)

"There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Accident, Fate)

"There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Men, Fear, Interest)

"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Spirit, Will, World)

"The word impossible is not in my dictionary."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Word)

"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Wisdom, Determination)

"The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Destiny, Self)

"The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Man, Poor)

"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Communication, Man, Mind, Senses, Will)

"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
(Related: People, Fear)

"The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Crime)

"Respect the burden."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Burden, Respect)

"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
(Related: Influence, Vanity)

"A Constitution should be short and obscure."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Constitution)

"The French complain of everything, and always."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Courage, Virtue, Endurance, Fatigue, First)

"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Love, Ability, Consciousness, Space)

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Word)

"The best cure for the body is a quiet mind."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Body, Cure, Mind, Quiet)

"The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Chaos, Enemies, Will)

"The army is the true nobility of our country."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Army, Country, Nobility)

"The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Act, Order)

"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: People)

"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Time, Action, Thinking)

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Credit, Soldiers)

"The human race is governed by its imagination."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Imagination, Race)

"If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Life, Religion, God, Sun)

"It requires more courage to suffer than to die."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Courage)

"It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Death, Cause, Martyr)

"In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Politics, Mistake)

"In politics stupidity is not a handicap."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Politics, Stupidity)

"In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Order, Question, Theory)

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Fools, Word)

"Imagination rules the world."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Imagination, Rules, World)

"If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Success, Nothing, Promise, World)

"A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Man, Wishing)

"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Peace, Nations, Want)

"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Men, Vices)

"I made all my generals out of mud."
- 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
(Related: Love, Power, Artist)

"I have only one counsel for you - be master."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

"I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

"I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne."
- 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
(Related: Government, Lies)

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: History, People, Events, Past)

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: History, Lies)

"He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Slander)

"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Want)

"Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Power, Conquest)

"There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Fight, Rights, Man, Will)

"A leader is a dealer in hope."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Leader, Hope)

"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Being, Defeat)

"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: People, Dignity)

"Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Opinion, Public, Public opinion)

"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Idea, Revolution)

"France has more need of me than I have need of France."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: France)

"From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

"Let the path be open to talent."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Talent, Open)

"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
(Related: Character, Ambition, May, Passion, Principles)

"Medicines are only fit for old people."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: People, Old)

"One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Power)

"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Change, Superiority, Wishes, Years)

"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Nothing)

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Mistake, Enemy)

"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Incompetence, Malice)

"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Music, Race, Voice)

"Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Men, Consideration, Needs)

"Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Men, Fear, Interest, Self, Self interest)

"A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Children, Direction, Revolution)

"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Glory, Obscurity)

"A picture is worth a thousand words."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Words, Worth)

"Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Clothes, Night)

"Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Water)

"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
(Related: God, Man)

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Victory)

"You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Death, Fear, Enemy)

"War is the business of barbarians."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Business, War)

"Women are nothing but machines for producing children."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Women, Children, Machines, Nothing)

"With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

"When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Battle, Eyes, Fire, Rank, Soldiers)

"When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Men, End, Mediocrity)

"What is history but a fable agreed upon?"
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: History)

"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Man)

"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(Related: Art, War, Enemy, Fight, Will)