por Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and strategist, who became Emperor of France between 1805 and 1814. During that period he controlled a large part of central and western Europe.
He became known during the French Revolution, in which he became a general. He was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, in Belgium, and then banished by the British to the island of Saint Helena, where he died a few years later.
We have made a selection of the best Napoleon Bonaparte quotes, one of the great conquerors and strategists in history. They talk about success, education, war, love, leadership, among other topics.
The best quotes of Napoleon Bonaparte
-Ability is nothing without opportunity.
-There is no distance that cannot be traveled and no goal that cannot be reached.
-Religion is what prevents the poor from murdering the rich.
-History is written by the winners.
-Courage is not having the strength to keep going – it’s going ahead when you don’t have the strength.
-Victory belongs to the most persevering.
-There are thieves who are not punished, but who steal the most precious thing: time.
-As a rule, it is circumstances that make men.
-The superior man is impassive by nature, he does not care if he is praised or criticized.
-It is necessary to sow for the future.
-A leader is a distributor of hope.
-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.
-The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
-Show me a family of readers and I will show you the people who move the world.
-The impossible is the ghost of the timid and the refuge of the cowards.
It takes more courage to suffer than to die.
-You must not fight too often with an enemy or you will teach him your art of war.
-Death is nothing, but to live defeated and without glory is to die every day.
-The strong man is the one who is capable of intercepting at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
-Impossible is a word found only in the dictionary of fools.
-The first virtue of a soldier is resistance to fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
-Sometimes I am a fox and sometimes a lion. The secret of government lies in knowing when to be one or the other.
-If you want something well done, do it yourself.
-You can ask me for anything you want, except time.
-Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
-Each of the movements of all individuals are made for three unique reasons: for honor, for money or for love.
-An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
-The army is the true nobility of our country.
-My greatness does not reside in never having fallen, but in having always risen.
-The world suffers a lot, not because of the violence of bad people but because of the silence of good people.
-The best way to keep the word is not to give it.
-Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
-A great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it can perform very good or very bad acts. Everything depends on the principles that guide them.
-History is the version of past events on which people have decided to agree.
-There are only two forces that unite men: fear and interest.
-With audacity one can try everything, but not achieve everything.
-True character always appears in great circumstances.
-Glory is fleeting, but darkness is forever.
-True wisdom is a firm determination.
-Sometimes a battle decides everything, and sometimes the smallest thing decides the fate of a battle.
-Religion is an excellent thing to keep ordinary people quiet.
-We would never undertake anything if we wanted to ensure the success of our company in advance.
-Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is bigger than it knows.
-The only victories that do not leave regrets are those that are obtained over ignorance.
-A true man does not hate anyone.
-Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle people.
-The best cure for the body is a calm mind.
-The battles against women are the only ones that are won by fleeing.
-A laughing woman is a conquered woman.
I can no longer obey. I’ve tried the controller and I can’t give it up.
-Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than being able to decide.
-The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.
-Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
-To do everything that one is capable of, is to be a man; to do everything one would like to be, is to be a god.
-You have to change tactics every ten years if you want to maintain superiority.
-Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
-The great men are meteors designed to burn so that the Earth can be set on fire.
-Ambition never stops, not even at the pinnacle of greatness.
-When little men try great companies, they always end up reduced to the level of their mediocrity.
-He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
-Greatness is nothing unless it is enduring.
-We can stop when we go up, but never when we go down.
-The human race is governed by its imagination.
-War is the business of barbarians.
-Get rid of your worries when you get rid of your night clothes.
-The torment of worries often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. Therefore, sometimes it is better to abandon yourself to fate.
-Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
-You must not fear death, my boys; challenge her and you will lead her into the ranks of the enemy.
China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, because when she wakes up she will move the world.
-There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.
-Men are governed more easily through their vices than through their virtues.
-The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and that of his enemies.
-If I had to choose a religion, the Sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
-The wise are those who search for wisdom; fools think they have already found it.
-A general must be a charlatan.
-Women are nothing more than machines to produce children.
-Water, air and cleanliness are the main items in my pharmacy.
-The only victory over love is flight.
– Nothing goes well in a political system in which words contradict facts.
-Courage is like love; You must have hope for your nutrition.
France needs me more than I need France.
-Never does one suffer so much for love as when we see the loved object again or better, when it is absent.
-Every human being is free if his freedom does not threaten that of others.
-It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
-The essential foundations of society are leisure and luxury.
-It is not riches or splendor, but tranquility and work, which provide happiness.
-A revolution is an idea that has found its bayonets.
-Soldiers usually win battles; the generals get credit for them.
-An army marches on its stomach.
-A throne is just a bench covered in velvet.
-He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
-In politics, stupidity is not a disadvantage.
-A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
-We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
-Power is my lover. I have worked so hard on winning him over to allow anyone to take him away from me.
-The men who have changed the world have not achieved it by replacing the rulers, but always by agitating the masses.
-Nothing more imperative than weakness when it feels supported by force.
-Skepticism is a virtue in history, as well as in philosophy.
-If you want to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
-You will never know who your friends are until you fall from grace.
-All religions have been made by men.
-Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
-There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
-The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
-A man cannot become an atheist just by wanting to.
-Public opinion is the thermometer that a monarch must constantly consult.
-Envy is a declaration of inferiority.
-A Constitution should be short and dark.
-The bottom of the valleys is appreciated much better when you are at the top of the mountains.
-The surest way to stay poor is to be an honest man.
-The infection capacity of crime is like that of the plague.
-Medications are only suitable for the elderly.
-I saw the crown of France on the ground, so I caught it with my sword.
-To impose excessively harsh conditions is to dispense with their compliance.
-In war, as in love, to reach the objective it is necessary to get closer.
-Abandoning yourself to pain without resisting, committing suicide to escape it, is leaving the battlefield without having fought.
-In war as in love, to finish it is necessary to see each other closely.
-Only the truth is always offensive.
– Morality has nothing to do with a man like me.
I start expecting the worst.
-There is no place in the head of a fanatic where reason can enter.
You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
-In general, men exercise their memory more than their judgment.