Napoleon Quotes
God seems to throw Himself on the side of the man who knows exactly what he wants, if he is determined to get JUST THAT!
The road to success may be, and generally is, obstructed by many influences which must be removed before the goal can be reached.
Imagination judges the future by the past, but concerns itself with the future more than with the past.
Nothing was ever created by a human being that was not first created in the imagination through desire and then transformed into reality through concentration.
Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.
Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.
If you believe yourself unfortunate because you have loved and lost, perish the thought. One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely.
The imagination is too often regarded merely as an indefinite, untraceable, indescribable something that does nothing but create fiction.
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.
Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.
Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.
A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.
I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.
Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies.
How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?
This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.
If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.
In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.
The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.
As for myself, I do not believe that such a person as Jesus Christ ever existed; but as the people are inclined to superstition, it is proper not to oppose them.
Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.
From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.
War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who is afraid of his adversary and the the whole secret lies in that.
