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
In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.
Everything is more or less organized matter. To think so is against religion, but I think so just the same.
In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.
I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.
I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.
So you think the police foresees and knows everything. The police invents more than it discovers.
Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
When people cease to complain, they cease to think.
A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul.
Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.
Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make ourselves its slave