Napoleon Quotes (83+)

Enjoy the best Napoleon Quotes. Quotations by Napoleon (French Emperor and Military Leader)
Aug 15, 1769 - May 05, 1821

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

I am the revolution.

I am the state.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

A soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

I know men, and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man. Between Him and every other person in the world, there is no possible term of comparison.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) was a French military genius and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. His legal reforms, the Napoleonic Code, laid the foundation for modern European law, and his military tactics remain a subject of study at academies worldwide.