Napoleon Bonaparte on Overcoming Obstacles Quotes

"The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos."

"The human race is governed by its imagination."

"The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people."

"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."

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

"Success is everything. If you succeed, you are a great man; if you fail, you are a criminal."

"Adversity is the midwife of genius."

"Genius is the ability to carry out the strategy."

"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."

"Imagination rules the world."

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

"Ability is of little account without opportunity."

"Victory is not always winning the battle, but rising every time you fall."

"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."

"Circumstances? I make circumstances!"

"The word 'impossible' is not French."

"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet."

"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide."

"Great ambition is the passion of a great character."

"Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting."

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."

"The man who has made up his mind to win will never say 'Impossible'."

"A leader is a dealer in hope."

"Stronger than the force of arms is the power of the mind."

"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in."

"Success is the most convincing talker in the world."

"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it."

"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."

"Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self-interest."

"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."

"If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog."

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."

"A true man hates no one."