Character Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Character is victory organized.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Morality for the upper classes, the gallows for the rabbles.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Great ambition is the passion of a great character.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an…

— 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

Men have their virtues and their vices, their heroisms and their perversities; men are neither wholly good nor wholly bad, but possess…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

— Napoleon Bonaparte