Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte, page 5

Napoleon Bonaparte - french military and political leader

Was born on 15 aug 1769.
Died on 05 may 1821, at 51 years old.

Origin country: France

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about virtue, courage

The French complain of everything, and always.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about proudness, vanity, influence, need

The human race is governed by its imagination.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about imagination, human imperfections

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about crime, criminals

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about fear, people

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about communication, mind, man

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about man

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about destiny, self-control

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about determination, wisdom

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about impossible, word

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.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about force, spirit, world

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about force, interest, fear, man

There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about interest, fear, man

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about destiny, things

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about sublime

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about clothes, night

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about god, man