Army Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A starving army is actually worse than none.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The Mohammedan religion is the finest of all

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I generally had to give in.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The army is the true nobility of our country.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

One might as well try to charge through a wall.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Give Me a Turkish Army. I will Conquer world.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Without cavalry, battles are without result.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take…

— 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

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds… I…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

What I have done up to this is nothing. I am only at the beginning of the course I must run. Do…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

For today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

An army marches on its stomach.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

An army which cannot be regularly recruited is a doomed army.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.

— Napoleon Bonaparte