Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes on Legacy
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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
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Muhammad was a great man, fearless soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Badr, great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, it regenerated his homeland, and created in the middle of the deserts of Arabia a new people and a new power.
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Waterloo will wipe out the memory of my forty victories; but that which nothing can wipe out is my Civil Code. That will live forever.
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Immortality is the best recollection one leaves.
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Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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I feel as if I am being driven towards an unknown goal. As soon as it is attained and there will no longer be any use for me, an atom will be sufficient to annihilate me; but until then, all human efforts whether in Paris or in the army will be powerless to prevail against me.
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It is the cause, and not the death, that makes the martyr.
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Speeches pass away, but acts remain.
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Such work as mine is not done twice in a century. I saved the Revolution as it lay dying, I have cleansed it of its crimes and have held it up to the people shining with fame. I inspired France and Europe with new ideas which will never be forgotten.