Philosopher's contemplation continuation p8 Napoleon

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion. Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall. The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment. You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them. Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength. Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly. It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares. If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good. Victory belongs to the most persevering. The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth. History is a set of lies agreed upon. Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics. Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible. I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get. Envy is a declaration of inferiority. To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune. The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich. Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. The Jews are the master robbers of the modern age. You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future. The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people. I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me. I see only my objective - the obstacles must give way. In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals. The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him. War is ninety percent information. Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies. Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses. The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know. Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or '