Napoleon I of France: Doing

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)

“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

“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