Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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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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Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.
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The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.
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Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.
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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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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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From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.
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If you want to get on in this world make many promises, but don't keep them.
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Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.
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Keep a good table and attend to the ladies.
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A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations.
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A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.
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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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How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit, he cannot resign himself to this difference unless there is an authority which declares 'God wills it thus.' Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre.
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A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
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Since the discovery of printing, knowledge has been called to power, and power has been used to make knowledge a slave.
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Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd.
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Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.
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Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.
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There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.
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Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.
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The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.
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Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.