Napoleon

I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.

Napoleon

If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

Napoleon

If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman.

Napoleon

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

Napoleon

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.

Napoleon

Impossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.

Napoleon

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

Napoleon

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

Napoleon

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Napoleon