Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes About Risk

Quotes about: Risk

• The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fate, Destiny, Self

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

• If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Art, War, Fate

  "The Mind of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 45), 1955.

• With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Courage, Bravery, Risk

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

• War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Risk, Ought

  "Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. VII), 1916.

• War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Country, War, Men

  "Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. VII), 1916.

• The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Retirement, War, Yield

• When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Communication, Risk

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.36, Courier Corporation

• Men will risk their lives, even die for ribbons.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Risk, Ribbons

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