Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.
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The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.
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What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.
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The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
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Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.
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Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.
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All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.
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Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
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The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.
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A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.
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I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.
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The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war.
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There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.
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Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake.
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When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!
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Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence.
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Man, not men, is the most important consideration.
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My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.
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When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their heads the calamity of war, the people have the right to withdraw their allegiance.
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It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.
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War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who is afraid of his adversary and the the whole secret lies in that.
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Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.
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A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.