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

The issue of a battle is the result of an instant, of a thought. There is the advance, with its various combinations, the battle is joined, the struggle goes on a certain time, the decisive moment presents itself, a spark of genius discloses it, and the smallest body of reserves accomplish victory.

To have ultimate victory, you must be ruthless.

Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.

When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!

The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.