“How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
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“Everything tells me I shall succeed.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Primary source“Imagination rules the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Secondary source“The keys of a fortress are worth the liberty of its garrison when it has resolved not to surrender itself. Thus it is always more advantageous to grant honorable terms of capitulation to a garrison which has shown a vigorous resistance, than to risk the chances of an assault.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte DisputedMore quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte →
“All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.”
— Arnold J. Toynbee Disputed“A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“In France, only the impossible is admired.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed