976 Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them.

I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets

When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.

The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.

Since the people eats every day, it should be allowed to work every day

I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.