Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

14 quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte on investing, entrepreneurship and motivation.

On investing

• Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

• The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.

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

On entrepreneurship

• A leader is a dealer in hope.

• Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.

On motivation

• Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

• A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.

• Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

• With audacity one can undertake anything.

• There are two levers for moving man - interest and fear.

• Victory belongs to the most persevering.

• Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

• The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

• Ability is of little account without opportunity.