Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

A leader is a dealer in hope.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

—Edwin Markham

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

—Walt Whitman

My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.

—Edith Sitwell

The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where.

—James Thurber