Quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother

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

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

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

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out.

Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.

When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.

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

Time is the great art of man.

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.

The art of the police is not to see what it is useless that it should see.

The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who is afraid of his adversary and the the whole secret lies in that.

The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is positive or empiric.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.