Napoléon Bonaparte Quotes

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

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

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

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

Imagination governs the world.

Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!

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

Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.

I often asked Laplace what he thought of God. He owned that he was an atheist.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.

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

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame.

History is written by the winners.

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

There are two levers for moving man -- interest and fear.

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

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

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

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

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