War Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte · Page 3

Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is easier to brave and threaten, than to conquer an enemy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A victorious general must know how to employ severity, justness, and mildness by turns, if he would allay sedition or prevent it.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The mind of a general ought to resemble and be as clear as the field-glass of a telescope.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The logical end to defensive warfare is surrender.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Man, not men, is the most important consideration.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

— Napoleon Bonaparte