Top 500 Napoleon Quotes (2023 Update)
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101. “Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.”

— Napoleon

102. “That man made me miss my destiny.”

— Napoleon

103. “My enemies make appointments at my tomb.”

— Napoleon

104. “The secret of war lies in the communications.”

— Napoleon

105. “A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.”

— Napoleon

106. “There shall be no Alps.”

— Napoleon

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

— Napoleon

108. “From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.”

— Napoleon

109. “It requires more courage to suffer than to die.”

— Napoleon

110. “Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.”

— Napoleon

111. “Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.”

— Napoleon

112. “The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.”

— Napoleon

113. “War is ninety percent information.”

— Napoleon

114. “Great ambition is the passion of a great character.”

— Napoleon

115. “There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless.”

— Napoleon

116. “The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.”

— Napoleon

117. “Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake.”

— Napoleon

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

— Napoleon

119. “We walk faster when we walk alone.”

— Napoleon

120. “A true man hates no one.”

— Napoleon

121. “Man will believe anything, as long as it’s not in the bible.”

— Napoleon

122. “Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.”

— Napoleon

123. “My downfall raises me to infinite heights.”

— Napoleon

124. “Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.”

— Napoleon

125. “Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”

— Napoleon

126. “The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.”

— Napoleon

127. “I have only one counsel for you – be master.”

— Napoleon

128. “I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.”

— Napoleon

129. “If you know a country’s geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy.”

— Napoleon

130. “No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.”

— Napoleon

131. “Space we can recover; time never.”

— Napoleon

132. “There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate.”

— Napoleon

133. “You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.”

— Napoleon

134. “In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it!”

— Napoleon

135. “Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.”

— Napoleon

136. “I feel myself driven towards an end that I do not know. As soon as I shall have reached it, as soon as I shall become unnecessary, an atom will suffice to shatter me. Till then, not all the forces of mankind can do anything against me.”

— Napoleon

137. “In war it is not men, but the man who counts.”

— Napoleon

138. “An urgent missive sent to Josephine Home in three days. Don’t wash.”

— Napoleon

139. “If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”

— Napoleon

140. “An empty throne always tempts me.”

— Napoleon

141. “It is with artillery that war is made.”

— Napoleon

142. “You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.”

— Napoleon

143. “Nothing is lost as long as courage remains.”

— Napoleon

144. “Great battles are won with artillery.”

— Napoleon

145. “Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.”

— Napoleon

146. “I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.”

— Napoleon

147. “The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.”

— Napoleon

148. “The purely defensive is doomed to defeat.”

— Napoleon

149. “Mankind’s worst enemy is fear of work.”

— Napoleon

150. “A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.”

— Napoleon