Napoleon Bonaparte

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

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

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

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

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.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

A good sketch is better than a long speech.

Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility.

I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.

Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.

I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.