A THREAD on timeless inspiring quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte:
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Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.
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Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.
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The reading of history very soon made me feel that I was capable of achieving as much as the men who are placed in the highest ranks of our annals.
The reading of history very soon made me feel that I was capable of achieving as much as the men who are placed in the highest ranks of our annals.
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Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
History is written by the winners.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
History is written by the winners.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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Imagination governs the world.
Imagination governs the world.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
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The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.
The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited.
It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
Courage cannot be counterfeited.
It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
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There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind.
In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind.
There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind.
In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind.
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The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
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Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
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Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.
Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
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