Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte French general & politician (1769 - 1821)


Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- [Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Men will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Napoleon Bonaparte - 1802
- What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Napoleon Bonaparte - last words, 1821
- Chief of the Army.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- 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.

Napoleon Bonaparte -
- A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.