Napoleon Bonaparte

“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense — he is always satisfied with himself.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“I love power like a musician loves music.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“France has more need of me than I have need of France.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Victory belongs to the most persevering.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Imagination governs the world.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“A Constitution should be short and obscure.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Success is the most convincing talker in the world.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Men will risk their lives, even die for ribbons.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Men take only their needs into consideration – never their abilities.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“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.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“What is history but a fable agreed upon?” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

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

“One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“I start out by believing the worst.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“You medical people will have more lives to answer for in the other world than even we generals.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“It is astonishing what power words have over men.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“As a rule it is circumstances that make men.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Let the path be open to talent.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“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.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“At twenty-two many things are allowed which are no longer permitted past thirty.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Success is the most convincing talker in the world.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The French complain of everything, and always.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Impossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible…” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“I have seen in the most significant of circumstances, that some little thing always decides great events.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“A woman laughing is a woman conquered.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

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

“The poor man and the beggar are two quite different classes: one commands respect, the other arouses anger.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“We are waging war as generous enemies, and we wish only to crush the tyrants who enslave you.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“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.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one’s designs to one’s means.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“You can ask me for anything you like, except time.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“A leader is a dealer in hope.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Space I can recover. Time, never.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss and failure into success.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“There is no place in a fanatic’s head where reason can enter.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Those who receive the most images into their memories have the most lively imaginations.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The army is the true nobility of our country.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“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.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“History is written by the winners.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves; one must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Ability is of little account without opportunity.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

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

“Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“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.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“It’s the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte