976 Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

There is a joy in danger.

A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.

Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille.

Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.

Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.

An army must have but one line of operations. This must be maintained with care and abandoned only for major reasons.

What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck; I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense.