War Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

The secret of war lies in the communications.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I engage and after that I see what to do.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A starving army is actually worse than none.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

One bad general is worth two good ones.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

War,--the trade of barbarians!

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is with artillery that war is made.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A man like me troubles himself little about a million men.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“In war, theory is all right so far as general principles are concerned; but in reducing general principles to practice there will…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“War is becoming an anachronism; if we have battled in every part of the continent it was because two opposing social orders…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“It is not that addresses at the opening of a battle make the soldiers brave. The old veterans scarcely hear them, and…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“At the beginning of a campaign it is important to consider whether or not to move forward; but when one has taken…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Reprisals are but a sad resource.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Battles are lost or won in 15 minites

— Napoleon Bonaparte

War justifies everything.

— Napoleon Bonaparte