Napoleon Bonaparte

"In order to lead people, walk behind them."

"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but of a contented mind."

"My true love has always been the French people."

"A man cannot become a great leader on his own."

"When you determine what you believe, you have already determined how you will act."

"The human heart desires the beautiful in all things that surround it."

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them."

"You cannot govern men with laws alone; you must also govern them with manners."

"As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage."

"I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me."

"The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man."

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"A great man is little by the side of his God."

"In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them."

"The greatest generals are those who do the most with what they have."

"To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god."

"I have always maintained that the true object of war was peace."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things."

"Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities."

"In the end, everything is a gag."

"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it."

"The surest step toward greatness is the way of humility."

"You will not find soldiers braver than those who are scorned."

"Great men are meteors meant to burn so that the earth may be enlightened."

"A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."

"The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are conquests over oneself."

"Any man can command an army, but it takes a great man to lead it."

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't."