Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Never lose sight of this maxim, that you should establish your cantonments at the most distant and best protected point from the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours. — 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
