Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall, but the noise remains, and will reach to other generations.

More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.

The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

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

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.

I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

Adversity is the midwife of genius

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.

Give Me a Turkish Army. I will Conquer world.

The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a monastery. And the aim of this organization is power - power in its most despotic exercise - absolute power, universal power, power to control the world by the volition of a single man. Jesuitism is the most absolute of despotisms - and at the same time the greatest and most enormous of abuses.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated.

This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.

When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.

It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.

A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.

Let the path be open to talent.