Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

Napoleon Bonaparte's collection of the most iconic quotations and thoughts.


Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.


Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.


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


Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.


An army marches on its stomach.


Ability is nothing without opportunity.


A leader is a dealer in hope.


Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.


Women are nothing but machines for producing children.


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


About Napoleon Bonaparte:
born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and its associated wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European affairs for over a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, rapidly gaining control of continental Europe before his ultimate defeat in 1815. One of the greatest commanders in history, his campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide and he remains one of the most celebrated and controversial political figures in Western history. In civil affairs, Napoleon implemented foundational liberal reforms in France and across Europe. He established a system of public education, abolished the vestiges of feudalism, emancipated Jews and other religious minorities, enacted legal protections for an emerging middle class, and centralized state power at the expense of religious authorities. His lasting legal achievement, the Napoleonic Code, has been adopted in various forms by a quarter of the world's legal systems, from Japan in Asia to Quebec in North America.