Quotes About Leadership

I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.

France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.

Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.

Every soldier carries a marshall's baton in his pack.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.

A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.

Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.

Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

I saw myself founding a religion, marching into Asia riding an elephant, a turban on my head and in my hand the new Koran that I would have composed to suit my needs.

The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

In war, three quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.

A prince should suspect everything.

If I had succeeded, I would have been the greatest man known to history.

My most splendid campaign was that of March 20; not a single shot was fired.

A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.

In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.

The art of war consists in being always able, even with an inferior army, to have stronger forces than the enemy at the point of attack or the point which is attacked.