Quotes By Napoleon Bonaparte

As for moral courage, it is very rare, he said, to find that kind found at 2 o'clock in the morning; that is to say, courage in the face of the unexpected.

Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame.

In war, the moral is to the physical as ten to one.

More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.

In this life we are either kings or pawns, emperors or fools.

I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.

It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.

The advancement and perfection of mathematics are ultimately connected with the prosperity of the state.

The great majority of men attend to what is necessary only when they feel a need for it-the precise time when it is too late.

If I am often seen at the theatre, people will cease to notice me.

I saw the way to achieve all my dreams. . . . I would found a religion, I saw myself marching on the way to Asia, mounted on an elephant, a turban on my head, and in my hand a new Koran that I would have composed to suit my needs. In my enterprises I would have combined the experiences of the two worlds, exploiting the realm of all history for my own profit.

Give me good mothers and I will give you a good nation.

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

When I lost my way, I was accustomed to throw the reins on his neck, and he always discovered places where I, with all my observation and boasted superior knowledge, could not.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

My enemies are many, my equals are none.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

To have lived without glory, without leaving a trace of existence, is not to have lived at all.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.