Famous Quotes / Napoleon Bonaparte
146 Quotations by Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1. A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a b ...
- 2. A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
- 3. A constitution should be short and obscure.
- 4. A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.
- 5. A leader is a dealer in hope.
- 6. A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
- 7. A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.
- 8. A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.
- 9. A picture is worth a thousand words.
- 10. A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several ...
- 11. A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
- 12. A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
- 13. A true man hates no one.
- 14. Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.
- 15. Ability is of little account without opportunity.
- 16. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the crea ...
- 17. All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith.
- 18. Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my gen ...
- 19. Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
- 20. An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.