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
Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph.
I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers
In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.
A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits
The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.
The worse the man, the better the soldier.
I feel myself driven towards an end that I do not know. As soon as I shall have reached it, as soon as I shall become unnecessary, an atom will suffice to shatter me. Till then, not all the forces of mankind can do anything against me.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.