Napoleon Bonaparte

"I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices."

"There is no such thing as an accident; it is fate."

"The presence of a brave man puts a stop to the activities of a coward."

"Nothing is impossible to the man who will try."

"Brave men don't belong in beds."

"The mob has many heads but no brains."

"To understand the man, you must understand the times."

"I am interested in the future because I have to spend the rest of my life there."

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get the glory."

"If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god."

"I have great contempt for a man who is always thinking of limiting his energies to some particular object."

"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet."

"The reason I am always victorious is because I always know what I intend to do."

"Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose."

"I love a brave soldier who has experienced the objects he defends."

"A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs."

"You become strong by admitting your weaknesses."

"I have the right to be ambitious: ambition is success or honesty."

"The extent of your success is determined by the extent of your belief."

"For every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage."

"If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog."

"The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well."

"To live is to suffer, but to survive, well, that's to find some meaning in the suffering."

"A man ceases to be a beggar because he once gave alms."

"Peace is my passion."

"The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided."

"I am not afraid of the pen, nor of the scaffold, nor of the sword."

"An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep."

"The true criterion of military genius is to produce the maximum results with the minimum expenditure."

"Success is the most convincing talker in the world."