Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

If I had not been born Napoleon, I would have liked to have been born Alexander.

God is on the side with the best artillery.

I would kiss a man’s arse if I needed him.

Great men are never cruel without necessity.

To extraordinary circumstances we must apply extraordinary remedies.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Death is nothing; but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

There are two levers for moving men — interest and fear.

I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Better to have an open enemy, than hidden friends.

A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.

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Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.

The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

The Jews are the master robbers of the modern age.

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days.

History is written by the winners.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'.

Adversity is the midwife of genius

The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.

Imagination rules the world.

When people cease to complain, they cease to think.

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

The strong are good, only the weak are wicked.

War is ninety percent information.

Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

You think you are too intelligent to believe in God. I am not like you.

Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

The leader's role is to define reality, then give hope

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

Speeches pass away, but acts remain.

Opportunities? I make opportunities.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

The Mohammedan religion is the finest of all.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot.

Lies circle the earth while Truth is still trying to put on its shoes.

It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

Act swiftly and vigorously, without 'buts' and 'ifs'.