Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 28

Quotes about:

• The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Heart, Power, Should

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

  8 Copy quote

• It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Order, Giving, Enough

  7 Copy quote

• True wisdom for a general is vigorous determination.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Determination, True Wisdom, Vigorous

  8 Copy quote

• It is not by whining that one carries out the job of king.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Kings, Jobs, Whining

  6 Copy quote

• One bad general is worth two good ones.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military, War, Two

  7 Copy quote

• The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Mean, Design, Insanity

  Maxims

  23 Copy quote

• Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Cutting, Army, Paris

  Napoleon Bonaparte, D. A. Bingham (2010). “A Selection from the Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon: With Explanatory Notes”, p.24, Cambridge University Press

  5 Copy quote

• Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Doe, Neglect, Repetition

  11 Copy quote

• It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Men, Quality

  6 Copy quote

• To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Public Opinion, Merit, Proof

  7 Copy quote

• We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Kings, Suffering, Individual

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

  4 Copy quote

• As a rule it is circumstances that make men.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Humanity, Circumstances

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

  8 Copy quote

• A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fate, History, Battle

  5 Copy quote

• When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Country, War, Men

  5 Copy quote

• The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Liberty, Sacred

  10 Copy quote

• Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Needs, Earth

  4 Copy quote

• It is easier to brave and threaten, than to conquer an enemy.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Brave, Enemy

  4 Copy quote

• Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may often seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful!

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Jesus, Brother, Children

  Attributed in "The Divinity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" by Henry Parry Liddon, (pp. 147-148), 1868.

  4 Copy quote

• The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Politics, Geography

  11 Copy quote

• I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  History, Done, Want

  7 Copy quote

• The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not correspond to the difficulties which all existence contains. Let it be rejected, and the whole world is an enigma; let it be accepted, and we possess a wonderful explanation of the history of man.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Doe, World

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 423, 1895.

  8 Copy quote

• To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Writing, Men, Vanity

  7 Copy quote

• As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Courage, Morning, Mean

  11 Copy quote

• A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Development, Politics

  6 Copy quote

• War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, People, Terrible

  4 Copy quote

Page 28 of 35

First

← Prev

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin