In war, three quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: War Quotes

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.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

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.

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...

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone...

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone...

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 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.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

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...

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.