Napoleon Quotes

The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other. They are worse than ever when, at the termination of their punishment, they return to society.

There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it.

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

Watch the one ahead of you, and you'll learn why he is ahead. Then emulate him.

I am thankful for the adversities, which have crossed my pathway, for they taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other virtues I might never have known.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

It is strange, but true, that the most important turning-points of life often come at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected ways.

America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.

What you think, so you will become.

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

What if you have failed in the past? So, at one time did every man we recognize as a towering success. They called it "temporary defeat.

There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity

For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.

Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.

The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.

Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.

Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.

A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.

In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.

The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.

The development of self-confidence starts with the elimination of this demon called fear.

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

The superior man is never in anyone's way.

To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.

Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it.

Are you waiting for success to arrive, or are you going out to find where it is hiding?

Waste no words on a man who dislikes you. Actions will impress him more.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

All you are or ever shall become is the result of the use to which you put your mind.

We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.

What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

Constancy of purpose is the first principle of success.

The greatest failure in life is to stop trying.

Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.

What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

There shall be no Alps.

Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.

Peoples of Egypt , you will be told that I have come to destroy your religion. Do not believe it! Reply that I have come to restore your rights!