Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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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.
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Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'.
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To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.
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Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear to the French people, as it will be to all free men of the two worlds; and especially to French soldiers, who, like him and the American soldiers, have combated for liberty and equality.
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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.
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Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should be arrested for the sole purpose of teaching him how to earn a living by his work.
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You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month.
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War is the business of barbarians.
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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
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A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when the person giving the order is absent from the field of operations and is imperfectly aware or wholly unaware of the latest state of affairs. It follows that any commander-in-chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forward his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of his army's downfall.
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If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion.
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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.
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The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
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Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation.
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
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Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.
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Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
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The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.
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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.
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When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
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In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter.
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I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches.