A list created by: Lee Sonogan
Napoleon Bonaparte was known as one of the greatest commanders in history. While also being regarded as a tyrant and a conqueror. With his influence, he was able to create beneficial changes to the world although he used brutal methods to do it and stay in power. Ruling most of Europe from 1799 to 1815, his legacy has lasted to modern times.
Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes:
- “You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss and failure into success.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there no longer any ‘if’ or ‘but’.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “A true man hates no one.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Ability is nothing without opportunity.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “In our time none has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “It requires more courage to suffer than to die.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Victory belongs to the most persevering. – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more
precious, than to be able to decide.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Notions like good or bad in the scientific work of history is irrelevant because it is all a matter of perspective. He was kind of a jerk while at the same time highly intelligent in his actions. Some interesting fact about Napolean includes that he once write a romance novel. Shot the nose