Quotes About Ambition

There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless.

I love power like a musician loves music.

I did not usurp the crown; it was in the gutter and I picked it out.

Sirs, if it were not for that one red spot I would have conquered the world!!!

To have ultimate victory, you must be ruthless.

C'est avec des hochets que l'on mène les hommes." Napoléon Bonaparte à propos de la légion d'honneur, qu'il institua en 1802.

One must never ask of fortune more than she can grant

L'ambition de dominer sur les esprits est la plus forte de toutes les passions.

I feel myself driven towards an end that I do not know. As soon as I shall have reached it, as soon as I shall become unnecessary, an atom will suffice to shatter me. Till then, not all the forces of mankind can do anything against me.

I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.

Be careful what you set your heart upon, for it surely shall be yours.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul the blue prints of your ultimate accomplishments.

Every soldier carries a marshall's baton in his pack.

The word impossible is not French.

I saw myself founding a religion, marching into Asia riding an elephant, a turban on my head and in my hand the new Koran that I would have composed to suit my needs.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

If I had succeeded, I would have been the greatest man known to history.

In France, only the impossible is admired.

Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?

My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents [the road is open to the talented], without distinction of birth or fortune.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

My enemies are many, my equals are none. In the shade of olive trees, they said Italy could never be conquered. In the land of Pharaohs and Kings, they said Egypt could never be humbled. In the realm of forest and snow, they said Russia could never be tamed. Now they say nothing. They fear me, like a force of nature, a dealer in thunder and death! I say: I am Napoleon, I am Emperor. (Napoleon: Total War)

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.