This quote is commonly attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“That is just it, work is my element; I was born and made for it. I have found the limits of my legs; I have found the limits of my eyes; but I have never been able to find the limits of my labour.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Secondary source“Imagination rules the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Secondary source“Everything tells me I shall succeed.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Primary source“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte DisputedMore quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte →
“Beauty is the quality which makes to endure.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Disputed“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“If a man owns land, the land owns him.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source