Quotes & Sayings About Napoleon

Remember,too,that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start,and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive". The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at some moment of crisis,through which they are introduced to their "other selves". — Napoleon Hill

The cells of all vegetation have a very high order of intelligence. The cells of all animal life likewise have a very high order of intelligence. — Napoleon Hill

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Every human being who reaches the age of understanding of the purpose of money, wishes for it. Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches. — Napoleon Hill

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment. — Napoleon Bonaparte

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown. — Napoleon Hill

Where Napoleon failed, I shall succeed, I shall land on the shores of Britain. — Adolf Hitler

We refuse to believe that which we don't understand. — Napoleon Hill

in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life — Napoleon Hill

To Napoleon on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God: Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis. — Pierre-Simon Laplace

It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance. — Napoleon Bonaparte

We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment. — Napoleon Hill

Fashion condemns us to many follies, the greatest is to make oneself its slave. — Napoleon Bonaparte

For a man who was to exhibit such acute political sharpness later in his career, Napoleon completely misread the revolution's opening stages. 'I repeat what I have said to you,' he wrote to Joseph on July 22, a week after the fall of the Bastille, 'calm will return. In a month, there will no longer be a question of anything. So, if you send me 300 livres [7,500 francs] I will go to Paris to terminate our business. — Andrew Roberts

Life is strange, and often imponderable! — Napoleon Hill

business men accumulate great fortunes, by giving before they try to get. — Napoleon Hill

Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection. — Napoleon Hill

I decided to restore 'Napoleon' after a widescreen festival at the Odeon Leicester Square in 1968. It was run by Richard Arnell and George Dunning, who animated and directed 'Yellow Submarine,' and they'd got their hands on the last scene, the triptychs. They just showed that part, without music and with the projectors misaligned. — Kevin Brownlow

Examine the first hundred people you meet, ask them what they want most in life, and ninety eight of them will not be able to tell you. If you press them for an answer, some will say - security, many will say - money, a few will say - happiness, others will say - fame and power, and still others will say - social recognition, ease in living, ability to sing, dance, or write, but none of them will be able to define these terms, or give the slightest indication of a plan by which they hope to attain these vaguely expressed wishes. Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence. — Napoleon Hill

Truly, thoughts are things, and their scope of operation is the world itself. — Napoleon Hill

No one's ready for a thing, until they believe that they can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief and not mere hope or wish. — Napoleon Hill

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie Which we ascribe to heaven; the fated sky Gives us free scope; and only backward pulls Our slow designs when we ourselves are dull. How much I could do if I only tried. * (1803-1873) English dramatist, novelist, and politician. — Napoleon Hill

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure. — Napoleon Hill

[In ancient Rome,] why did the senate after killing Caesar turn around and give the government to his nephew? Why did France after they got rid of the king and that whole system turn around and give it to Napoleon? It's the same thing with Germany and Hitler. — George Lucas

When enthusiasm runs in the front door, worry runs out the back door. — Napoleon Hill

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. — Napoleon Hill

One of Henry Ford's most outstanding qualities is his habit of reaching decisions quickly and definitely, and changing them slowly. — Napoleon Hill

When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you. — Napoleon Hill

If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you. — Napoleon Hill

Do not EXPECT troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint. — Napoleon Hill

Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along. — Napoleon Hill

Disappointment over love affairs generally has the effect of driving men to drink, and women to ruin; and this, because most people never learn the art of transmuting their strongest emotions into dreams of a constructive nature. — Napoleon Hill

I got a dog with a Napoleon complex. I have a Napoleon complex. We're small. Anything big that we feel is threatening us, we want to fight. We're not a pushover. — Kevin Hart

The war against Napoleon was won not by England but by Russia, Austria, and Prussia; but England won the last battle and she won the peace. — J. Christopher Herold

Behind every adversity - is an opportunity! — Napoleon Hill

In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The starting point of all individual achievement is the adoption of a definite major purpose and a specific plan for its attainment. 22. — Napoleon Hill

That evening Squealer explained privately to the other animals that Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which Snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed had actually been stolen from among Napoleon's papers. The windmill was, in fact, Napoleon's own creation. Why, then, asked somebody, had he spoken so strongly against it? Here Squealer looked very sly. That, he said, was Comrade Napoleon's cunning. He had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence. — George Orwell

In parting, I would remind you that Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate decisions! — Napoleon Hill

Be persistent no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move. With persistence will come success. — Napoleon Hill

Your deliberate Chief Aim in life should be selected with deliberate care — Napoleon Hill

You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and you may use it the moment you learn to control your thoughts. — Napoleon Hill

Sirs, if it were not for that one red spot I would have conquered the world!!! — Napoleon Bonaparte

Some individuals appear to be "allergic" to honest work, but opportunity is equally allergic to them. — Napoleon Hill

Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel. — Napoleon Hill

You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement. — Napoleon Hill

More books have been written with Napoleon in the title than there have been days since his death in 1821. — Andrew Roberts

Love attracts only one thing and that thing is love. — Napoleon Hill

Men grow old quickly on the battlefield. — Napoleon Bonaparte

They are the carrion birds of humanity ... [speaking of the Jews] are a state within a state. They are certainly not real citizens ... The evils of Jews do not stem from individuals but from the fundamental nature of these people. — Napoleon Bonaparte

FORD SAID, "I'LL BELT THE EARTH WITH DEPENDABLE MOTOR CARS," AND HE DID! His decision to trust his own judgment has already piled up a fortune far greater than the next five generations of his descendents can squander. For the benefit of those seeking vast riches, let it be remembered that practically the sole difference between Henry Ford and a majority of the more than one hundred thousand men who work for him, is this
FORD HAS A MIND AND CONTROLS IT, THE OTHERS HAVE MINDS WHICH THEY DO NOT TRY TO CONTROL. — Napoleon Hill

Instead of complaining about what you don't like about your job, start commending what you do like and see how quickly it improves. — Napoleon Hill

Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it. — Ted Morgan

Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it. — Napoleon Hill

After me, the Revolution - or, rather the ideas which formed it - will resume their course. It will be like a book from which the marker is removed, and one starts to read again at the page where one left off. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly. — Napoleon Hill

A cannonball travels only two thousand miles an hour; light travels two hundred thousand miles a second. Such is the superiority of Jesus Christ over Napoleon. — Victor Hugo

Success begins with a fellow's will - It's all in the state of mind. — Napoleon Hill

Fate forces its way to the powerful and violent. With subservient obedience it will assume for years dependency on one individual:Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, because it loves the elemental human being who grows to resemble it, the intangible element. Sometimes, and these are the most astonishing moments in world history, the thread of fate falls into the hands of a complete nobody but only for a twitching minute. — Stefan Zweig

Freedom and diversity guard each other, and if a country could form the whole of one's character, Napoleon III and Victor Hugo would have been the same person ... if national identity means anything, it means something that comes with you wherever you go, and stays with you no matter how long you stay away. — Clive James

Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to order. — Napoleon Hill

Power grows out of Organized Knowledge, but mind you, it grows out of it, through Application and Use. — Napoleon Hill

Nobody rises above mediocrity unless they use the brains of other people. — Napoleon Hill

If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else. — Napoleon Hill

The one who tries to get something for nothing generally winds up getting nothing for something. — Napoleon Hill

Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war. — Napoleon Bonaparte

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service. — Napoleon Hill

Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, you all had great moments, but you never tasted the supreme triumph; you were never a farm boy riding in from the fields on a bulging rack of new-mown hay. — Grant Wood

Successful men become successful only because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success. — Napoleon Hill

When people cease to complain, they cease to think. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The climb upward will be easier if you take others along with you. — Napoleon Hill

Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God. — Ian Fleming

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. — Napoleon Bonaparte

THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMOTIONALIZED, (given feeling) AND MIXED WITH FAITH, begin immediately to translate themselves into their physical equivalent or counterpart. — Napoleon Hill

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Everyone is a fuckin' Napoleon. — Ani DiFranco

The most damaging forms of intolerance are connected with religious, racial and political differences of opinion. — Napoleon Hill

The one and only thing over which you have complete and total control is how you focus your own mind. Luckily, this determines everything else. — Napoleon Hill

A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything. — Napoleon Bonaparte

An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Dreams come true when desire transforms into concrete actions. — Napoleon Hill

The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man. — Napoleon Hill

An army which cannot be regularly recruited is a doomed army. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I shall be an Attila to Venice. — Napoleon Bonaparte

We are born, we live, we die among supernatural. — Napoleon Bonaparte

If the empire were to collapse, I should personally feel extremely sad. I absolutely do not believe that the personal rule of Napoleon III has been corrupting and oppressive for France-but quite the contrary, it is demonstrably necessary, conciliatory, progressive, and generally intelligent and democratic in the best sense of the word. — Franz Liszt

There are twelve good reasons for failure. The first one is the avowed intention of doing no more than one is paid to do, and the person who makes this avowal may see the other eleven by stepping before a looking glass. — Napoleon Hill

You need to recognize and sweep aside certain weaknesses which stand between you and your goals. Your persistence develops into a respected, proved, progressive power. — Napoleon Hill

Truly, there is something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a winner. — Napoleon Hill

Poverty is no disgrace. But it is certainly not a recommendation. — Napoleon Hill

Money is attracted to him whose mind has been deliberately prepared to attract it, — Napoleon Hill

If you don't believe in yourself, how can you ask others to do so? — Napoleon Hill

One sound idea is all that you need to achieve success. — Napoleon Hill

During times of disaster sorrow brings people together in a spirit of friendship, and influences man to recognize the blessings of becoming his brother's keeper. — Napoleon Hill

Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause. — Matthew Simpson

A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view; he sought subtleties everywhere; had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration. — Napoleon Bonaparte