Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: Ability Quotes, Funny Quotes

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

Imagination rules the world.

Imagination rules the world.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree...

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree...

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

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

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

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one...

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one...

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all...

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all...

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of...

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of...

Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance

Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

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

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

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

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...