Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Imagination rules the world.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence

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

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

A Constitution should be short and obscure

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the outcome of a battle

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

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

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

A picture is worth a thousand words.