Napoleon Bonaparte quotes

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

War is the business of barbarians.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

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

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

An army marches on its stomach.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

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

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

War is the business of barbarians.

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

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

An army marches on its stomach.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

All religions have been made by men.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

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.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Respect the burden.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

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.

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

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

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

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

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

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

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

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.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

War is the business of barbarians.

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

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

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.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

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

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.