10 Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes on Time

Napoleon Bonaparte quotes on time

3. From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

14. Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

38. Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting.

56. Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

84. Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

150. Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the latter than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.

162. The favorable opportunity must be seized; for fortune is female, and if you balk her today you must not expect to meet her again tomorrow.

175. The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

183. There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

206. You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? Excuse me, I have no time to listen to such nonsense.