Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.

I engage and after that I see what to do.

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

You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month.

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him. When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.

It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.

Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.

Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

Man will believe anything, as long as it's not in the bible.

History paints the human heart.

Rashness succeeds often, still more often fails.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

The worse the troops the greater the need of artillery.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.

In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.

Who saves his country violates no law.

All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.

It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.

The strong are good, only the weak are wicked.

Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.

Vengeance has no foresight.

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

Ability is noting without opportunity.

I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.

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

Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.

Reconnaissance memoranda should always be written in the simplest style and be purely descriptive. They should never stray from their objective by introducing extraneous ideas.

Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.