Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

Act swiftly and vigorously, without 'buts' and 'ifs'.

Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.

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

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

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.

Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation

Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

The Jews are the master robbers of the modern age.

The secret of war lies in the communications.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Treason is a matter of dates.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

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

Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.

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.

Give Me a Turkish Army. I will Conquer world.

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

All religions have been made by men.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

The leader's role is to define reality, then give hope

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.

Vengeance is without foresight.

An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.

Oh well, no matter what happens, there's always death.

Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

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

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

An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

I know men, and I tell you, Jesus is more than a man. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other human being who ever lived, because He was the Son of God.

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.

To be believed make the truth unbelievable.

The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes

Love is the idler's occupation, the warrior's relaxation, and the sovereign's ruination.

It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.

In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it!

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.

I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless.

In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence.

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.

My business is to succeed, and I’m good at it. I create my Iliad by my actions, create it day by day.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.