Quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

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

Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

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

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

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

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

Space we can recover; time never.

I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.

The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

Occupation is the scythe of time.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.

A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

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

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.