I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“You wish to sail a ship up stream by lighting a fire under its decks, I have no time for such nonsense.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man toward the unseen, that it becomes insensible to the barriers of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
