The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
The word impossible is not in my dictionary.
One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority.
The art of appointing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of allowing those appointed to attain their full powers.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.
Imagination governs the world.
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self-interest.
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
The reason most people fail is because they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
That which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character.
The impossible exists only until we find a way to make it possible.
A true man hates no one.
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
Napoleon quotes part 2
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go!
The true character of a man is revealed in times of adversity.
The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.
In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.
The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Men take only their needs into consideration—never their abilities.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Do not await the enemy, attack him.
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
The only way to lead is to show the way by example.
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
It is not necessary to have hope in order to love, nor to succeed in order to persevere.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
In victory, you deserve Champagne; in defeat, you need it.
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