Napoleon Quotes

Nothing is lost as long as courage remains

I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours (A good sketch is better than a long speech)

War is the business of barbarians.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves; one must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.