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 war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.
The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.
The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.
If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman.
The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.
God has decreed that there be sick and poor in this world, but in the next it will be the other way around.
The superior man is never in anyone's way.
We must serve the people worthily, and not occupy ourselves in trying to please them. The best way, to gain their affections is to do them good.
Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
I see only my objective - the obstacles must give way.
I know when it is necessary, how to leave the skin of lion to take one of fox.
I must see her and press her to my heart. I love her to the point of madness, and I cannot continue to be separated from her. If she no longer loved me, I would have nothing left to do on earth.
An urgent missive sent to Josephine""Home in three days. Don't wash.
Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.