Napoleon Bonaparte
French general and Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
17 quotes.
Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
- A leader is a dealer in hope.
- An Army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
- Circumstances? I make circumstances.
- Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
- Great men are like meteors, which shine and consume themselves to enlighten the earth.
- He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
- If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion
- Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.
- Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.
- "Impossible!" That is not good French.
- It is the cause, and not the death, that makes the martyr.
- One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.
- Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
- The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.
- The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
- True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.
- Victory belongs to the most persevering.