Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Quotes

• Men will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

• A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.

• In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

• Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day.

• "I may lose land...but I never lose a minute."

• To exraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.

• Death is nothing; but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

• Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

• An Army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.

• The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.

• [Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

• Ability is of little account without opportunity.

• History is a set of lies agreed upon.

• What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.

• Chief of the Army.

• In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.

• Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

• A leader is a dealer in hope.

• Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

• Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.