Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same—majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

All systems of morality are fine. The gospel alone has exhibited a complete assemblage of the principles of morality, divested of all absurdity. It is not composed, like your creed, of a few common-place sentences put into bad verse. Do you wish to see that which is really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not correspond to the difficulties which all existence contains. Let it be rejected, and the whole world is an enigma; let it be accepted, and we possess a wonderful explanation of the history of man.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Life

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Life

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Life

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Success

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Courage

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.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Love

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

A leader is a dealer in hope.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Hope

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Success