976 Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

You may ask me for anything you like except time.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

My mind is a chest of drawers. When I wish to deal with a subject, I shut all the drawers but the one in which the subject is to be found. When I am wearied, I shut all the drawers and go to sleep.

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

Every soldier carries a marshall's baton in his pack.

I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ.

Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.