Battle Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

Without cavalry, battles are without result.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— 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

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Great battles are won with artillery.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the outcome of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Soldiers! Here is the battle you have so long desired! Henceforth victory depends on you; we have need of it.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they…

— 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

Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always,…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

My true glory is not to have won 40 battles ... Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories, ... But…

— 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

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Battles are lost or won in 15 minites

— Napoleon Bonaparte

When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.

— 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