Inspiring Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte - Page 2

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"The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely"

"Let the path be open to talent"

"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains"

"Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me"

"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue"

"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him"

"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority"

"A Constitution should be short and obscure"

"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view"

"From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us"

"An army marches on its stomach"

"A true man hates no one"

"All religions have been made by men"

"Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress"

"Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight"

"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war"

"You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks"

"There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest"

"With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything"

"There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time"

"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets"

"When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity"

"The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need"

"If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god"

"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies"

"I have only one counsel for you - be master"

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it"

"I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up"

"Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy"

"Medicines are only fit for old people"

"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them"

"Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy"

"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind"

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