Quotes By Napoleon Bonaparte

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

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.

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

The French complain of everything, and always.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

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

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

War is the business of barbarians.