1769-1821, French General, Emperor
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Glory]
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Ambition]
Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Greatness]
Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Greatness]
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Fear]
I have only one counsel for you — be master.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Control]
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Power]
I made all my generals out of mud.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Generals]
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Argument]
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Peace]
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Control]
If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Promises]
Imagination rules the world.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Imagination]
Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Impossibility]
In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Politicians and Politics]
In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Politicians and Politics]
In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Politicians and Politics]
Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Management]
It is the cause, not the death that makes the martyr.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Martyrdom]
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
Napoleon Bonaparte – [Courage]
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