Napoleon Bonaparte

A leader is a dealer in hope.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

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

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Circumstances? I make circumstances.

The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

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.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemy's.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her from me.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

The strong man is the one who can intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.