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Quotes from Napoleon : In His Own Words — Napoleon

1769–1821 France

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Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

Success is the most convincing talker in the world.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

The superior man is never in anyone's way.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

That dependable courage, which in spite of the most sudden circumstances, nevertheless allows freedom of mind, of judgment and of decision, is exceedingly rare.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

Victories will be won, one of these days, without cannon, and without bayonets.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

The issue of a battle is the result of an instant, of a thought.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

An army ought to be ready every moment to offer all the resistance of which it is capable.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

There is nothing so imperious as feebleness which feels itself supported by force.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

Simpletons talk of the past, wise men of the present, and fools of the future.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

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