Quotes By Napoleon Bonaparte

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

If I had not been born Napoleon, I would have liked to have been born Alexander.

The French complain of everything, and always.

Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is to that which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.

It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.

The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.

Space I can recover. Time, never.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers.

We are waging war as generous enemies, and we wish only to crush the tyrants who enslave you.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.

I love power like a musician loves music.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

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

Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.