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
The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.
Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.
When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.
Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire.
How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.
All things proclaim the existence of God.
Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.
There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.
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.