Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes, War Quotes, Issues Quotes

Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every battle at which the least manoeuvre is decisive and gives superiority, as one drop of water causes overflow.

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In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter.

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Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.

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Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!

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Act swiftly and vigorously, without 'buts' and 'ifs'.

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To negotiate is not to do as one likes.

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The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

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The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

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Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

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It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.

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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.

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This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

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Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.

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Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me and accepted all my views, were those who did me the most injury.

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

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A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

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Ability is of little account without opportunity. I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage.

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Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

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To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes

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Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.

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