Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

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.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

All the scholastic scaffolding falls as a ruined edifice before a single word: faith.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.

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

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.

Respect the burden.

There are only two forces that unite men-fear and interest.

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

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

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

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

With audacity one can undertake anything.

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

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.