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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: Honor Quotes, Pride Quotes, Priorities Quotes

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five...

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five...

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

In war, three quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and...

In war, three quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and...

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work

Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it...

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it...

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better...

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better...

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances...

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances...

The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs

The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...