Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was Emperor of the French as Napoleon I from 1804 until 1814 and again briefly in 1815 during the Hundred Days. Napoleon Bonaparte quotes will motivate you.
Best Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
- Victory is not always winning the battle…but rising every time you fall. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The reason most people fail instead of succeeding is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte quotes on success
- The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Envy is a declaration of inferiority. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Impossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Six hours’ sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The best way to make everyone poor is to insist on equality of wealth. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
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Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Better to have an open enemy, than hidden friends. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt, and compounded by interest. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- I see only my objective – the obstacles must give way. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any ‘if’ or ‘but’. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- History is written by the winners. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
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A woman laughing is a woman conquered. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing or only immature fruit which will never ripen. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love, and at this hour millions of men would die for him. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- History is a set of lies agreed upon. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte quotes on Jesus
- After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
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Victory belongs to the most persevering. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene, and Frederic. … This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Half of the people in the world are below average. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- To have a right estimate of a man’s character, we must see him in misfortune. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- 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. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte