Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.
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A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.
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One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.
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While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.
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Never lose sight of this maxim, that you should establish your cantonments at the most distant and best protected point from the enemy, especially where a surprise is possible. By this means you will have time to unite all your forces before he can attack you.
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Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me.
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A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out.
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You think you are too intelligent to believe in God. I am not like you.
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Adversity is the midwife of genius.
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Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.
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Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.
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Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.
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All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith.
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You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
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To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.
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To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.
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High politic is only common sense applied to great things.
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I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders.
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Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far... I was then too powerful for any man, except myself, to injure me.
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The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory.
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Men soon get tired of shedding their blood for the advantage of a few individuals, who think they amply reward the soldiers perils with the treasures they amass.
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The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
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The Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.
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If you (to General Bertrand) do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God, very well; then I did wrong to make you a general.