Napoleon Bonaparte

I found the crown of France lying on the ground, and I picked it up with my sword.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Vincent Cronin, Napoleon Bonaparte: An Intimate Biography, p. 150, 1971

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I have destroyed the Austrian army by simply marching.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

— 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

A leader is a dealer in hope.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Imagination rules the world.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

We are born, we live, we die in the midst of wonders.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon's Letters - Series B, pages 216-218

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Hesitation is fatal; once an action is begun, it must be followed through with the utmost exertion of the will.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Space I can recover. Time, never.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A true man hates no one.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

— Napoleon Bonaparte