Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

65 Famous Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
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“There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.”
Violence Quotes
“The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world”
Bed Quotes
“Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence”
Competence Quotes
“The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.”
Conquest Quotes
“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”
Conscience Quotes
“A Constitution should be short and obscure”
Constitution Quotes
“There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the outcome of a battle”
Decision Quotes
“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
Defeat Quotes
“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”
Destiny Quotes
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
Enemies Quotes
“Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.”
Events Quotes
“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.”
Fighting Quotes
“When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.”
Firmness Quotes
“There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.”
Force Quotes
“In today's complex and fast-moving world, what we need even more than foresight or hindsight is insight”
Foresight Quotes
“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
Glory Quotes
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”
Glory Quotes
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”
History Quotes
“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
Honor Quotes
“Imagination rules the world.”
Imagination Quotes
“There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.”
Interest Quotes
“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”
Meaning Quotes
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
Mistakes Quotes
“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”
Politics Quotes
“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”
Power Quotes