Quotes By Napoleon Bonaparte

A true man hates no one.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

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

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Respect the burden.

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.