Napoléon Bonaparte Quotes

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

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

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

A leader is a dealer in hope.

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

History is written by the winners.

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

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

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

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

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

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.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

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

Imagination governs the world.

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.

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

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.

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

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

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

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

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

A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

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

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

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.

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

A picture is worth a thousand words.

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