Napoleon Bonaparte

"The purpose and effect of knowledge is power; and power and knowledge are one."

"Imagination governs the world."

"There is nothing I have to say to you at this time."

"Give me enough medals and I will win you any war."

"Show me a family of readers and I will show you the people who move the world."

"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the turns of the world."

"He who saves his country violates no law."

"Respect is the fruit of high standards."

"In life there is but one tragedy, growing old alone."

"The blockade of Germany must be extended to her mind."

"Never awaken what you do not wish to disturb."

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

"My life is a poem written by fate; I do not control the ink."

"Ask me to die and I will do it, but do not ask me to submit."

"I have often said that if it were not for music, I would think life is not worth living."

"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."

"In a revolution, as in architecture, one first has to count the cost, then deduct it from the dreams."

"The barbershop is the best place to hear the truth."

"Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects; thus they are free to think about those relations even if the objects do not exist."

"Without a great ambition, there can be no great work."

"A man's defects will tell you more than his good points."

"The only conquests which are painless are those over ourselves."

"Circumstances - what are circumstances? I make circumstances."

"The greatest degree of freedom is a discipline of one's own."

"Nothing is impossible for those who have faith in themselves."

"The man who has made no enemies has made no mark."

"Enjoy life today. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come."

"I would rather have one man work with me than three men for me."

"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."

"The only true wisdom is understanding you know nothing."