Men Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte · Page 3

You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world

— Napoleon Bonaparte

History is a myth that men agree to believe.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Paradise is a center whither the souls of all men are proceeding, each sect in its particular road.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very…

— 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

I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and…

— 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

Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Public esteem is the recompense of honest men.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The law, that is what makes men stay honest.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wherever flowers cannot be reared, there man cannot live.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The friendship of a great man is a favor of the gods.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The public spirit is in the hands of the man who knows how to make use of it.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Great men are never cruel without necessity.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In a narrow sphere great men are blunderers.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A man like me troubles himself little about a million men.

— Napoleon Bonaparte