Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEShow me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEChina is a sleeping giant; let him sleep, for if he wakes, he will shake the World.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIf you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEHistory is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIt is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEImpossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEI am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEA woman laughing is a woman conquered.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWhen a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEYou would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe best cure for the body is a quiet mind
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThere is a joy in danger.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIt is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEDeath is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEOne must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves; one must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.
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