Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes on Discipline
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Different subjects and different affairs are arranged in my head as in a cupboard. When I wish to interrupt one train of thought, I shut that drawer and open another. Do I wish to sleep, I simply close all the drawers and then I am- asleep.
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Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.
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Some men have sufficient strength of mind to change their disposition, or at least to yield to imperative circumstances.
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The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
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They think I am stern, even hardhearted. So much the better- this makes it unnecessary for me to justify my reputation. My firmness is taken for callousness. I shall not complain, since this notion is responsible for the good order that is prevailing, so that there is nothing that needs to be repressed.