Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes on Success, Love, and Leadership

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1. “Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

2. “The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

3. “We walk faster when we walk alone.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

4. “If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

5. “Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

6. “Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

7. “In our time none has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

8. “Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

9. “The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

10. “If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

11. “If I had not been born Napoleon, I would have liked to have been born Alexander.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes about war

12. “God is on the side with the best artillery.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

13. “I would kiss a man’s arse if I needed him.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

14. “If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

15. “To extraordinary circumstances we must apply extraordinary remedies.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

16. “Great men are never cruel without necessity.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

17. “He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

18. “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

19. “Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

20. “Victory belongs to the most persevering.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

 Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes about enemies

21. “You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

22. “Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

23. “Death is nothing; but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

24. “I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

25. “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

26. “History is a set of lies agreed upon.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

27. “If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

28. “Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

29. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

30. “Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

31. “It requires more courage to suffer than to die.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

32. “Imagination rules the world.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

33. “Victory belongs to the most persevering.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

34. “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

35. “Ability is of little account without opportunity.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

36. “From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

37. “Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

38. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

39. “Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

40. “The French complain of everything, and always.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

41. “We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes about life

42. “If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

43. “Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

44. “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

45. “The human race is governed by its imagination.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

46. “If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

47. “A true man hates no one.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

48. “He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

49. “There are two levers for moving men — interest and fear.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

Powerful Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes 

50. “I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte

51. “Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.” –
Napoleon Bonaparte

52. “You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

53. “Better to have an open enemy, than hidden friends.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

54. “The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

55. “There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
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56. “Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

57. “A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

58. “A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

59. “Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

60. “An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.” –
Napoleon Bonaparte

More Napoleon Bonaparte quotes and sayings

61. “The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

62. “The reason most people fail instead of succeeding is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

63. “As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

64. “The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

65. “The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

66. “The only victory over love is flight.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

67. “I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

68. “Success is the most convincing talker in the world.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

69. “It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities, nothing succeeds.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

70. “In Love, Victory goes to the man who runs away.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

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March 30, 2021 6:00 AM EST