Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

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

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

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one’s designs to one’s means.

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.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

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

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.