Time Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

— Napoleon Bonaparte

You may ask me for anything you like except time.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Time is the great art of man.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Occupation is the scythe of time.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Space we can recover; time never.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it!

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man toward the unseen, that it becomes insensible to the barriers of…

— 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

Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's…

— 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

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with…

— 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

Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on…

— 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

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“War is becoming an anachronism; if we have battled in every part of the continent it was because two opposing social orders…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men:…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.

— Napoleon Bonaparte