Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

"Impossible" is not a French word.”

“Victory belongs to the most persevering.”

“The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.”

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”

“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.”

“Ambition is never content even on the summit of greatness.”

“Ability is nothing without opportunity.”

“Imagination rules the world.”

“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.”

“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.”

“He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.”

“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”

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

“The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.”

“Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.”

“A true man hates no one.”

“There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.”

“There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.”

“The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.”

“Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.”

“There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.”

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

“To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.”