Quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

Able was I ere I saw Elba

The great mass of society are far from being depraved; for if a large majority were criminal or inclined to break the laws, where would the force or power be to prevent or constrain them? And herein is the real blessing of civilization, because this happy result has its origin in her bosom, growing out of her very nature.

It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.

I often asked Laplace what he thought of God. He owned that he was an atheist.

A man does not have himself killed for a half pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him.

Under a good administration, the Nile gains on the desert. Under a bad one, the desert gains on the Nile.

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

You wish to sail a ship up stream by lighting a fire under its decks, I have no time for such nonsense.

Quel roman pourtant que ma vie!

Impossible is in the dictionary of fools

Well then, I will tell you. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I myself have founded great empires; but upon what did these creations of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and to this very day millions will die for Him...

Es gibt keine andere Unsterblichkeit als die Erinnerung, die man im Geiste der Menschen zurücklässt.

Exista lucruri care nu se scriu niciodata!

Es gibt kein gutmütigeres, aber auch kein leichtgläubigeres Volk als das deutsche. Keine Lüge kann grob genug ersonnen werden, die Deutschen glauben sie. Um eine Parole, die man ihnen gab, verfolgen sie ihre Landsleute mit größerer Erbitterung als ihre wirklichen Feinde.

Napoléon ubicumque felix.

When your opponent is making a mistake, do nothing to interfere.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children." Napoleon Bonaparte ( Not me...

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.

One must never ask more from fortune than she can grant.

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