Napoleon Bonaparte on Overcoming Obstacles Quotes

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

"The human race is governed by its imagination."

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

"Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength."

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

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

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily."

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

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

"A leader is a dealer in hope."

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

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

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

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

"Circumstances? I make circumstances!"

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

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

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

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

"Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting."

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

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

"Imagination rules the world."

"Hardship is the mother of great men."

"Ability is of little account without opportunity."

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."

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

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

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

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

"A true man hates no one."

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

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