Napoleon Bonaparte, (1769-1821), French General, Emperor Quotes

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.

You may ask me for anything you like except time.

Power is founded upon opinion.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest. Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest but whose consciences are bewitched.

History is simply the version of past events that people have decided to agree on.

All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith.