Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Napoleon Bonaparte
Age: 52 †
Born: 1769
Born: January 1
Died: 1821
Died: January 1
Art Collector
Emperor
Militant
Military Leader
Military Officer
Politician
Sovereign
Statesman
Statesperson
Aiacciu
Napoléon Bonaparte
Le Petit Caporal
Le Corse
Napoleone di Buonaparte
Napoleon I
by the Grace of God and the Constitutions
Emperor of the French and King of Italy
Empereur des Français Napoléon I
Napoleon Buonaparte
emperador dels francesos Napoleó I
Napoleone Bonaparte
Napoleone Buonaparte
Emperador de Francia Napoleón I
Napoleon I
Na
Trade
Succeed
Failing
Instead
Moment
Moments
Reason
People
Fail
More quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Love is the idler's occupation, the warrior's relaxation, and the sovereign's ruination.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far... I was then too powerful for any man, except myself, to injure me.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Passions change, politics are immutable.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Remember, gentlemen, what a Roman emperor said: The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The sentiment of national honor is never more than half extinguished in the French. It takes only a spark to re-kindle it.
Napoleon Bonaparte
It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, in general, are but great children.
Napoleon Bonaparte
In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.
Napoleon Bonaparte
War is like government, a matter of tact.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin.
Napoleon Bonaparte
War justifies everything.
Napoleon Bonaparte
When people cease to complain, they cease to think.
Napoleon Bonaparte
When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.
Napoleon Bonaparte
