Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) was the Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again momentarily in 1815. He is hailed as one of the best military leaders and rulers ever.
Napoleon cleared his own way to progress. Beginning as a subsequent lieutenant, he utilized his tactical virtuoso to take a place that nobody had involved before him eventually. Whenever he came to control, Napoleon attempted to address the damage done during the rule of fear.
Beside being victorious in fights and building a domain, Bonaparte likewise established the groundwork for current French Education and made a bunch of regulations (known as the Napoleonic Code) in view of sound judgment and equity.
Napoléon Bonaparte > Quotes
“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Imagination governs the world.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“History is written by the winners.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I looked on, unmoved, at battles which decided the future of nations. Tearless, I had given orders which brought death to thousands. Yet here I was stirred, profoundly stirred, stirred to tears. And by what? By the grief of one dog.’
Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“A woman laughing is a woman conquered.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte, In the Words of Napoleon: A Collection of Quotations of Napoleon Bonaparte
“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon’s Memoirs
“The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.”
― Napoleon
“He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“A picture is worth a thousand words.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“China is a sleeping giant; let him sleep, for if he wakes, he will shake the World.”
― Napoleon
Best Napoleon Quotes About Soldiers
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“A true man hates no one.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“If I had not been born Napoleon, I would have liked to have been born Alexander.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“A picture is worth a thousand words.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“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.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. – Napoleon Bonaparte 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.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss and failure into success.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon Leadership Quotes
. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“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.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“I would kiss a man’s arse if I needed him.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Victory belongs to the most persevering.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss and failure into success.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Men of great ambition have sought happiness and have found fame.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there no longer any ‘if’ or ‘but’.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there no longer any ‘if’ or ‘but’.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Greatness is nothing unless it is lasting.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon Inspirational Quotes
“The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one’s designs to one’s means.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The word impossible is not in my dictionary.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“We walk faster when we walk alone.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“In our time none has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“God is on the side with the best artillery.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On Success
Napoleon Bonaparte quotes about success motivate one to take on the army. Along with being General, Emperor Napoleon was famous for his quotes in French. Read on for some of the best Napoleon Bonaparte quotes from the French General/Emperor.
“If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
- “The only victory over love is flight.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Victory is not always winning the battle…but rising every time you fall.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“All things proclaim the existence of God.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“History is written by the winners.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“To have a right estimate of a man’s character, we must see him in misfortune.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Soldiers generally win battle(s); generals get credit for them.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The battle field is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“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.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Ability is nothing without opportunity.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Imagination rules the world.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte.