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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: Honor Quotes, Pride Quotes, Priorities Quotes

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and...

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and...

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

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

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

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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

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

Let the path be open to talent.

Let the path be open to talent.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who...

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who...

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich

Love is a matter of chemistry, but Sex is a matter of physics

Love is a matter of chemistry, but Sex is a matter of physics

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

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...

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done...

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done...

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that...

It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...