Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds… I… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
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
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
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
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
