Napoleon Quotes

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him.

You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily hand over to it any plan, desire, or purpose which you wish transformed into concrete form.

My business is to succeed, and I’m good at it. I create my Iliad by my actions, create it day by day.

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.

There is a joy in danger.

Lies circle the earth while Truth is still trying to put on its shoes.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand & work with whatever tools you may have.

Half of the people in the world are below average.

Life is a game board. Time is your opponent. If you procrastinate, you will lose the game. You must make a move to be victorious.

I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate...and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself.

Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.

Great men are never cruel without necessity.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Keep your mind focused on what you want and act accordingly. You will achieve success!

If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

Don't be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the 'Kite' of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

That man made me miss my destiny.

I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.

My enemies make appointments at my tomb.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

Without cavalry, battles are without result.

Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.

A good sketch is better than a long speech.

A man becomes the creature of his uniform.

If you were your own employer, would you be entirely satisfied with the day’s work you have done today?

The happiest people are those who have learned to mix play with their work and to bind the two together with enthusiasm.

You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

War is the business of barbarians.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be.

The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

Do not let a day go by without taking some time for yourself - some time you spend in pure pleasure, as you see it.

Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.

Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.