Napoleon Quotes

Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure.

Opportunities? I make opportunities.

Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits

The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.

You can't change where you started, but you can change the direction you are going. It's not what you are going to do, but it's what you are doing now that counts.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

We are either kings or pawns of men

It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.

Whatever your mind feeds upon your mind attracts to you.

If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

I like honest men of all colors.

My mind is a chest of drawers. When I wish to deal with a subject, I shut all the drawers but the one in which the subject is to be found. When I am wearied, I shut all the drawers and go to sleep.

Do not search for SUCCESS off in the distance, but instead recognize it and grasp it right where you are!

You become what you think about

In politics evils should be remedied not revenged.

Great battles are won with artillery.

We often get in quicker by the back door than by the front.

I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

This vice brings in one hundred million francs in taxes every year. I will certainly forbid it at once - as soon as you can name a virtue that brings in as much revenue.

Act swiftly and vigorously, without 'buts' and 'ifs'.

Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.

Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.

Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation

Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

The Jews are the master robbers of the modern age.

The secret of war lies in the communications.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

The only victory over love is flight.

Treason is a matter of dates.

No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish.

Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.

Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.

Knowledge is only potential power.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.