Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonapartewas a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth15 August 1769
CityAjaccio, France
CountryFrance
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war.
All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.
The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.
No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.
The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault.
Generals are not to be too scrupulous.
What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.
As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.