Napoleon I of France: Doing (page 2)

Napoleon I of France was French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French. Explore interesting quotes on doing.
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“A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

Question , Appearance , Time

“What I have done up to this is nothing. I am only at the beginning of the course I must run. Do you imagine that I triumph in Italy in order to aggrandise the pack of lawyers who form the Directory, and men like Carnot and Barras? What an idea!”

Napoleon I of France

As quoted in Memoirs of Count Miot de Melito (1788 - 1815) as translated by Frances Cashel Hoey and John Lillie (1881), Vol. II, p. 94

Imagination , Idea , Men

“Where do you think you are going? Can’t you see that the battle is won? Come on, stand firm!”

Napoleon I of France

During the final stages of the Battle of Lutzen

Thinking