Napoleon Quotes

Live each day as if it were your last, and you’ll develop a keen respect for opportunity.

Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.

No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.

We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work.

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

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

The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

When one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.

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.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Verily, there is nothing, right or wrong, which belief, plus burning desire, cannot make real.

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.

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

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.

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

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

Decide where you are going and how you are to get there. Then make a start from where you now stand.

Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.

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

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Rashness succeeds often, still more often fails.

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.

History paints the human heart.

I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action, and gradually transform themselves into physical reality.

Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.

The worse the troops the greater the need of artillery.

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

Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart.

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

Every human brain is both a broadcasting and receiving station for the vibration of thought.

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.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

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

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

One thing we all know, if one does not possess PERSISTENCE, one does not achieve noteworthy success in any calling.

Nobody rises above mediocrity unless they use the brains of other people.

Success is knowing what you're doing, loving what you're doing, and believing what you're doing

One of the most valuable things any person can learn is the art of using the knowledge and experience of others.

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

If you don’t want your life to be 'messed up', don’t fool around with those who have messed up theirs.

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.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

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

Every man's own character is written so all who will may read it, in the expression of his eyes, the tone of his voice, the posture of his body, the style of his clothes, and the nature of his deeds!

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