120 Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing Napoleon Bonaparte quotes and sayings.
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Short Napoleon Bonaparte Sayings
“Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Only a person, who inspires hope, can lead people.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Medicines are only fit for old people.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The most dangerous moment comes with victory.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Women are nothing but machines for producing children.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The logical end to defensive warfare is surrender.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Nothing is more important in war than unity in command.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“I felt that I could abandon myself to the most brilliant dreams.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Immortality is the best recollection one leaves.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The only true wisdom in a general is determined courage.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Action is the real measure of intelligence.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“It is the cause, not the death that makes the martyr.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Everything is more or less organized matter.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“It is the cause, not the death that makes the martyr.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“In victory, you deserve Champagne. In defeat you need it.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“A leader is a dealer in hope.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Victory belongs to the most persevering.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Who saves his country violates no law.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Power is founded upon opinion.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Victory belongs to the most persevering.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“A true man hates no one.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Truth alone wounds.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“History is a set of life agreed upon.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“All religions have been made by men.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Imagination governs the world.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Men are lead by trifles.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Respect the burden.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“History is written by the winners.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Secrets travel fast in Paris.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“War is the business of barbarians.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Chance is the providence of adventurers.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Adversity is the midwife of genius.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Ability is nothing without opportunity.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“I am not made for pleasure.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Medicines are only fit for old people.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The army is the true nobility of our country.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Let the path be open to talent.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte Sayings
“Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Victory is not always winning the battle. But rising every time you fall.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Put a rogue in the lime-light and he will act like an honest man.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Why and “how” are words so important that they cannot be too often used. There is no place in a fanatic’s head where re
ason can enter.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Six hours’ sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl’s heart.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The true policy of a government is to make use a aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The passage from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations of war.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Men take only their needs into consideration – never their abilities.” —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
“In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“All my life I have sacrificed everything – comfort, self-interest, happiness – to my destiny.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl’s heart.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any ‘if’ or ‘but’.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The art of the police is not to see what it is useless that it should see.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Defensive war does not exclude attacking, just as offensive war does not exclude defending.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“All great events hang by a single thread. I have made all the calculations: fate will do the rest.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“To win is not enough—it is necessary to profit from success.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“The first quality for a commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Give your orders in such a way that they cannot be disobeyed.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“You cannot lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it.” —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
“Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
Top Ten Napoleon Bonaparte Sayings
Here you will find top ten sayings of Napoleon Bonaparte.
- “Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
- “The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Who saves his country violates no law.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
- “It is the cause, not the death that makes the martyr.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Only a person, who inspires hope, can lead people.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
- “A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
