Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes, Clever Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

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Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body.

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Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and Jesus. The Ariyans and some other sects had disturbed the tranquility of the east by agitating the question of the nature of the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Muhammad declared that there was none but one God who had no father, no son and that the trinity imported the idea of idolatry.

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Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin.

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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

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Men grow old quickly on the battlefield.

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France has more need of me than I have need of France.

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War is the business of barbarians.

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All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.

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A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left?

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Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine.

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I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier.

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Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.

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Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

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There is no strength without justice.

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Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours.

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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

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To live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind.

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Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.

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How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!

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