Great men are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted. Napoleon Bonaparte Appreciation, Good leader, Greatness You May Also Like The greatest honor that can come to a man is the appreciation and high regard of his fellow men. By H. G. Mendelson Appreciation, Compliment, Praise It is in times of difficulty that great nations, like great men, display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity. By Napoleon Bonaparte Greatness It’s not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness. By EDWARD GARDNER Greatness I praise loudly; I blame softly. By Catherine the Great Advice, Appreciation, Leadership, Thoughtful Few great men could pass personnel. By Paul Goodman Greatness The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor great scholars great men. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Achievement, Greatness, Scholars You May Also Like from Napoleon Bonaparte Order marches with weighty and measured strides; disorder is always in a hurry. By Napoleon Bonaparte Discipline, Famous, Self-Discipline If they want peace, nations should avoid the pinpricks that precede cannon shots. By Napoleon Bonaparte Peace We may stop ourselves when going up, never when going down. By Napoleon Bonaparte Success It is in times of difficulty that great nations, like great men, display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity. By Napoleon Bonaparte Greatness There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, [public opinion] is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine. By Napoleon Bonaparte Truth Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man. By Napoleon Bonaparte Honesty
The greatest honor that can come to a man is the appreciation and high regard of his fellow men. By H. G. Mendelson Appreciation, Compliment, Praise
It is in times of difficulty that great nations, like great men, display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity. By Napoleon Bonaparte Greatness
The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor great scholars great men. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Achievement, Greatness, Scholars
Order marches with weighty and measured strides; disorder is always in a hurry. By Napoleon Bonaparte Discipline, Famous, Self-Discipline
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pinpricks that precede cannon shots. By Napoleon Bonaparte Peace
It is in times of difficulty that great nations, like great men, display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity. By Napoleon Bonaparte Greatness
There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, [public opinion] is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine. By Napoleon Bonaparte Truth
