"When small men attempt great enterprises, they..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.”

“If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”

“In a narrow sphere great men are blunderers.”

“A leader is an average, everyday person who is highly motivated.”

“Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader.”

“What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner 'I stand for consensus'?”

“Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.”

“Mediocrity is the most effective mask a superior spirit can wear, because to the great majority, which is to say, to the mediocre,it will not suggest a disguise:--and yet it is precisely for their sake that he puts it on--so as not to arouse them, and, indeed, not infrequently to avoid this out of pity and benevolence.”

“Something deep in the human heart breaks at the thought of a life of mediocrity.”