"I cannot approve of your method of..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.”

“Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.”

“Time is the great art of man.”

“It is of little use for us to pay lip-loyalty to the mighty men of the past unless we sincerely endeavor to apply to the problems of the present precisely the qualities which in other crises enabled the men of that day to meet those crises.”

“Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.”

“Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.”

“I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves.”

“I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.”

“And I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States.”