Quotes by Emperors - Page 3

Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious than to be able to decide.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned...Everything is war. Me say war.That until the're no longer 1st class and 2nd class citizens of any nation...Until the color of a man's skin is ofno more significa...nce than the color of his eyes, me say war. That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race me say war!
Haile Selassie
My downfall raises me to infinite heights.
Napoléon Bonaparte
A man's happiness: to do the things proper to man.
Marcus Aurelius
When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.
Marcus Aurelius
The goal that you hope you will one day arrive at after a long and roundabout journey you are able to possess right now, if only you do not deny it to yourself. That is, if you can let go of the past, entrust the future to Providence and redirect the present according to justice and the sacred. To the sacred, so that you welcome what has been given to you, for Nature has brought this to you, and you to it; and to justice, in order that you may speak the truth freely and without distortion, and that you may act in accordance with what is lawful and right. Do not allow yourself to be hindered by the harmful actions, judgments, or the words of another, or by the sensations of the flesh which has formed itself around you. Let the body take care of those. But if, when you have come to the end, having let go of all other things, you honor only your guiding part and the divinity that is within you, and you do not fear ceasing to live so much as you fear never having begun to live in accordance with Nature--then you will be a man who is worth of the Cosmos that created you; and you will cease to live like a stranger in your own land, that is, surprised at unexpected everyday occurrences and wholly distracted by this and that.
Marcus Aurelius
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
Marcus Aurelius
It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.
Marcus Aurelius
Today man sees all his hopes and aspirations crumbling before him. He is perplexed and knows not whither he is drifting. But he must realize that the Bible is his refuge and the rallying point for all humanity. In it, man will find the solution of his present difficulties and guidance for his future action, and unless he accepts with clear conscience the Bible and its great Message, he cannot hope for salvation. For my part, I glory in the BibleHaile Selassie I (1891-1975)Emperor of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie I (1891-1975)
Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view.
Marcus Aurelius
I am the King of Rome and above grammar.
Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund
Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Marcus Aurelius
Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker.
Marcus Aurelius
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Marcus Aurelius
Snow endures but for a season and joy comes with the morning.
Marcus Aurelius
Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the best, and then reflect on how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.
Marcus Aurelius
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Marcus Aurelius
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.
Napoléon Bonaparte
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Marcus Aurelius
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Napoléon Bonaparte
If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
Marcus Aurelius
The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.
Marcus Aurelius
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Napoléon Bonaparte
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.
Marcus Aurelius
If all emotions are common coin, then what is unique to the good man?To welcome with affection what is sent by fate. Not to stain or disturb the spirit within him with a mess of false beliefs. Instead, to preserve it faithfully, by calmly obeying God – saying nothing untrue, doing nothing unjust. And if the others don’t acknowledge it – this life lived in simplicity, humility, cheerfulness – he doesn’t resent them for it, and isn’t deterred from following the road where it leads: to the end of life. An end to be approached in purity, in serenity, in acceptance, in peaceful unity with what must be.
Marcus Aurelius
There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.
Napoléon Bonaparte
The human race is governed by its imagination.
Napoleon
Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.
Napoleon
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks but only at what he does himself to make it just and holy.
Marcus Aurelius
No more roundabout discussions of what makes a good man. Be one!
Marcus Aurelius
As for moral courage, it is very rare, he said, to find that kind found at 2 o'clock in the morning; that is to say, courage in the face of the unexpected.
Napoléon Bonaparte
The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
Napoléon Bonaparte
A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
Marcus Aurelius
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
Napoléon Bonaparte
A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
Napoleon
The universe is flux, life is opinion.
Marcus Aurelius
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
Marcus Aurelius
I often asked Laplace what he thought of God. He owned that he was an atheist.
Napoléon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Sexual ecstasy is like death. It is one of the secrets of nature’s wisdom.
Marcus Aurelius
All things fade into the storied past, and in a little while are shrouded in oblivion.
Marcus Aurelius
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Napoléon Bonaparte
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
Charlemagne
If you start to take Vienna take Vienna.
Napoléon Bonaparte
A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
Marcus Aurelius
Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.
Marcus Aurelius
Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate.
Marcus Aurelius
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.
Marcus Aurelius
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus Aurelius
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon
All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.
Napoléon Bonaparte
The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
Napoléon Bonaparte
To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
Napoléon Bonaparte
The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
Napoléon Bonaparte
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
Napoléon Bonaparte
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on to say, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?' The student of nature will only laugh at you; just as a carpenter or a shoemaker would laugh, if you found fault with the shavings and scraps from their work which you saw in the shop. Yet they, at least, have somewhere to throw their litter; whereas Nature has no such out-place. That is the miracle of her workmanship: that in spite of this self-limitation, she nevertheless transmutes into herself everything that seems worn-out or old or useless, and re-fashions it into new creations, so as never to need either fresh supplies from without, or a place to discard her refuse. Her own space, her own materials and her own skill are sufficient for her.
Marcus Aurelius
Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
Marcus Aurelius