Napoleon Quotes
A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.
Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.
If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.
Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me and accepted all my views, were those who did me the most injury.
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.
The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory.
Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!
There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched.
You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
It is cowardly to commit suicide. The English often kill themselves. It is a malady caused by the humid climate.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith.
You have within you all the power you need with which to get whatever you want or need in this world.
The man of decision cannot be stopped! The man of indecision cannot be started! Take your own choice.
Every individual has the power to change his or her material or financial status by first changing the nature of his or her beliefs.
The one and only thing over which you have complete and total control is how you focus your own mind. Luckily, this determines everything else.
Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.
If you make your prayers an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the blessings you already have, instead of requests for things you do not have, you will obtain results much faster.
Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.
The world does not pay men for that which they “know”. It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.
Taking possession of your positive self will put you on the success beam that you may ride triumphantly to whatever heights of achievement you desire.
Remember that your dominating focus attracts, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful of what you focus on.
