Quotes By Napoleon Bonaparte

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

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

The French complain of everything, and always.

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

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

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

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

War is the business of barbarians.

An army marches on its stomach.