1769-1821, French General, Emperor
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Respectability]
A Constitution should be short and obscure.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Constitutions]
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Leaders and Leadership]
A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Taste]
A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Freedom of Speech]
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Royalty]
A true man hates no one.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Men]
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Ability]
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Jesus Christ]
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Oppression]
An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Leaders and Leadership]
Chance is the providence of adventurers.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Chance]
Character is victory organized.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Character]
Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Courage]
Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Organization]
Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Christians and Christianity]
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Doctors]
Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Leaders and Leadership]
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Newspapers]
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [History and Historians]