Tag: Quote of the Day

Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I have fought sixty battles and I have learned nothing which I did not know at the beginning.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I ought to have died at Waterloo

Napoleon Bonaparte

All authority is in the throne; and what is the throne? This wooden frame covered with velvet? No, I am the throne.

Napoleon Bonaparte

England will repent of bringing the Russians so far: they will deprive her of India.

Napoleon Bonaparte

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds…. I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding the helm; no matter how strong my hands, the sudden and numerous waves were stronger still, and I was wise enough to yield to them rather than resist them obstinately and make the ship founder. Thus I never was truly my own master but was always ruled by circumstances.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The word impossible is not French.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Where do you think you are going? Can’t you see that the battle is won? Come on, stand firm!

Napoleon Bonaparte

My intention is that the main village where the insurrection started shall be burnt, and that thirty of the ringleaders shall be shot; an impressive example is needed to contain the hatred of the peasantry and of that soldiery. If you have not yet made an example, let there be one without delay… Let not the month pass without the principal village, borough, or small town which gave the signal for the insurrection being burned, and a large number of individuals being shot… Traces must be left in the cantons which have rebelled.

Napoleon Bonaparte