Napoleon Bonaparte

The great majority of men attend to what is necessary only when they feel a need for it—the precise time when it is too late.

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

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

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

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

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

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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

Space I can recover. Time, never.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

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.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

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

A leader is a dealer in hope.

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

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

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Imagination rules the world.

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

I have destroyed the Austrian army by simply marching.

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

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

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

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

A true man hates no one.

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

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

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