Quotes About Strength

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.

There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

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.

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

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.

Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat

France will always be a great nation.

The art of war consists in being always able, even with an inferior army, to have stronger forces than the enemy at the point of attack or the point which is attacked.

An army ought to be ready every moment to offer all the resistance of which it is capable.

Independence, like honor, is a rocky island without a beach.

You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

Chief of the Army.

Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything.

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)

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory