5 Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes on Discipline

Napoleon Bonaparte quotes on discipline

71. 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.

145. Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.

148. Some men have sufficient strength of mind to change their disposition, or at least to yield to imperative circumstances.

174. The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

185. 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.