Napoleon Bonaparte Famous Quotes
"We must laugh at man, to avoid crying for him."
The word impossible is not in my dictionary.
An army marches on its stomach.
"Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost."
Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich.
Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.
"If you wish to be a sucess in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing."
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
What is history but a fable agreed upon.
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping the common people quiet.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them."
There are two levers for moving men interest and fear.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
"Men, in general, are but great children."
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
"Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind."
"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in."
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Napoleon Bonaparte Quotations
There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee.
Lester J Pourciau
We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.
John Buchan
"The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love."
Don Barthelme
"The right time was at the crossroads With a future in his plans The wrong time reapproaches With right time's suitcase in hand The right time asks, how 's the journey The wrong time said the 'whether' turned me around. The right time, shakes his head, Shakes his hand and leaves Before the sun goes down."
Unknown
"The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done - men who are creative, inventive and discoverers."
Jean Piaget
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight."
Michael Bridge
To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth... is potentially to have everything...
Joan Didion
Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
Buddha
A motion to adjourn is always in order.
Robert A Heinlein