Napoleon Quotes

I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders.

I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815

He is almost a statesman. He lies well.

Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.

If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to float a ship we are sure to find them in our way.

It should not be believed that a march of three or four days in the wrong direction can be corrected by a countermarch. As a rule, this is to make two mistakes instead of one.

Faith is indispensable for success. Faith is induced and strengthened by the instructions you give your subconscious mind.

Faith is the eternal elixir. It gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought.

If you don't know what you want, don't say you never had a chance.

If you truly want to succeed, be prepared to go the extra mile.

The great leaders of business, industry and finance, and the great artists, poets, musicians and writers all became great because they developed the power of self-motivation .

Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel.

If you are worried or afraid of anything, there is something in your mental attitude that needs correction.

When you do not know what to do or which way to turn, smile. This will relax your mind and let the sunshine of happiness into your soul.

Life gives no one immunity against adversity, but life gives to everyone the power of positive thought which is sufficient to master all circumstances of adversity and convert them into benefits.

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.

The one who tries to get something for nothing generally winds up getting nothing for something.

All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.

Out of resistance comes strength.

Knowledge will not attract money, unless it is organized, and intelligently directed, through practical plans of action, to the definite end of accumulation of money.

Loud threats often indicate deep fears

Who said it could not be done? And tell me what great victories does he have to his credit which qualifies him to judge what can and can't be accomplished.

If you pray for a thing, but have fear as you pray, that you may not receive it, or that your prayer will not be acted upon by Infinite Intelligence, your prayer will have been in vain.

The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.

A fearless man thrives on far horizons.

Your deliberate Chief Aim in life should be selected with deliberate care

The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with 'feeling' or emotion, than by those originating solely in the reasoning portion of the mind.

Desire is the factor that determines what your definite purpose in life shall be.

Every mind needs friendly contact with other minds, for food of expansion and growth.

Every time a man rises from defeat, he becomes mentally and emotionally stronger. Thus, in time, one may actually find his self - his true, inner self - through temporary defeat.

Truly, there is something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a winner.

Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.

The Creator gave us the complete, unchallengable right of prerogative over the one thing, and only thing we own, our mind.

The average person would have quit at the first failure. That’s why there have been many average men and only one Edison.

The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.

Today's worries may become tomorrow's priceless experiences.

Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty.

Most real failures are due to limitations which men set up in their own minds.

The story of practically every great fortune starts with the day when a creator of ideas and a seller of ideas got together and worked in harmony.

It is well worth remembering that the customer is the most important factor in any business. If you don't think so, try getting along without him for a while.

You go ahead, stand still, or go backwards in life. Your objective should be to go ahead.

Someday America will have its very own commercial-free TV and radio station devoted to only one thing: to teach people, in their homes, all the essentials of personal achievement.

You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.

Ideas are intangible forces, but they have more power than the physical brains that give birth to them. They have the power to live on, after the brain that creates them has returned to dust.

Plan you work and work your plan.

It takes more than a college degree to make one a person of education. Any person who is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights of others.

The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

[E]very job is composed of many small details, any one of which, if overlooked, can create big problems later.

If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it!