Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the greatest military commanders and a risk taking gambler.
He climbed rank quickly in the armed forces due to his familial connections and his uncanny military knowledge, which he gained
through dedicated reading. He also was influenced by the writings of Voltaire and did not practice much in the way of religion.
One of the greatest military leaders in history and emperor of France, he conquered much of Europe.
In the history of Europe and the world he is recorded as twice-emperor of France whose military endeavors and sheer personality
dominated Europe in person for a decade, and in thought for a century.
(1769 - 1821)
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
A leader is a dealer in hope.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
An army marches on its stomach.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
All religions have been made by men.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The French complain of everything, and always.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Voltaire was a Renaissance man and accomplished playwright, man of letters, politician, and metaphysician.
Voltaire's intelligence, wit and style made him one of France's greatest writers and philosophers.
Voltaire was often an outspoken critic of religious intolerance and persecution.
Given his tendency to engage in polemical attacks on the government and the Catholic church, Voltaire more
than once found himself in a thorny legal position and forced into various exiles and imprisonments.
(1694-1778)
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
~ Buddha
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
~ Confucius
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
~ Voltaire
