Quotes By Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing is lost as long as courage remains.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

War is the business of barbarians.

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.

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

Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

A true man hates no one.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.