Napoleon Quotes

A leader is a dealer in hope.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

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

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

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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

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.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

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

I am the state.

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

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A true man hates no one.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one’s designs to one’s means.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

Napoleon Quotes part 2

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the end, the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

Glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

There are three things that can be easily hidden: love, a cough, and one’s true self.

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.

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.

I have fought sixty battles and I have learned nothing which I did not know at the beginning.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.

An army which cannot be re-enforced is already defeated.

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

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

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

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Exploration is not an option, but a necessity.

I am the leader, therefore I must follow my own path.

It is not necessary to succeed, but to persist.

The only one who can limit your potential is yourself.

A true warrior fights not for personal gain, but for the greater good.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.