11+ Napoleon Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Napoleon quotes and sayings.

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. — Napoleon

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. — Napoleon

The Empress is legitimate, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad. — Napoleon

The army is the true nobility of our country. — Napoleon

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. — Napoleon

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. — Napoleon

Un croquis vaut mieux qu — Napoleon

In my youth, I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them. The great orators who rule the assemblies by the brilliancy of their eloquence are in general men of the most mediocre political talents: they should not be opposed in their own way; for they have always more noisy words at command than you. Their eloquence should be opposed by a serious and logical argument; their strength lies in vagueness; they should be brought back to the reality of facts; practical arguments destroy them. In the council, there were men possessed of much more eloquence than I was: I always defeated them by this simple argumenttwo and two make four. — Napoleon

If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow. — Napoleon

The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. — Napoleon

Even in war moral power is to physical as three parts out of four. — Napoleon