“Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!” — Napoléon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The Concordat is not the victory of any one party but the consolidation of all. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The bayonet has always been the weapon of the brave and the chief tool of victory — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
My true glory is not to have won 40 battles ... Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories, ... But… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest.… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Soldiers! Here is the battle you have so long desired! Henceforth victory depends on you; we have need of it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
