Accounts Quote by 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

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence.

— Sun Tzu

The predominance of moral factors in all military decisions. On them constantly turns the issue of war and battle. In the history of war…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

To carry on war, three things are necessary: money, money, and yet more money.

— Gian Giacomo Trivulzio

In short, absolute, so-called mathematical, factors never find a firm basis in military calculations. From the very start, there is an interplay of possibilities,…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations, when seeking to determine the…

— Sun Tzu

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money.

— J. C. Ryle

War is ninety percent information.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The trouble, in my opinion, with corporate America today, is that everything is thought of in quarters.

— Henry Kravis

As history reminds us again and again, wars are not always made on the basis of rational calculations: often the contrary.

— Margaret MacMillan