Napoleon

How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.

Napoleon

Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.

Napoleon

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Napoleon

I engage and after that I see what to do.

Napoleon

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

Napoleon

I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.

Napoleon

I have only one counsel for you – be master.

Napoleon

I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.

Napoleon

I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.

Napoleon

If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion.

Napoleon