Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes on Career
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Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?
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My maxim was, la carriere est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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Every soldier carries a marshal's baton in his pack.
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I was born and made for work.
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Men take only their needs into consideration-never their abilities.
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My motto has always been: A career open to all talents, without distinctions of birth.