Napoleon Bonaparte Fate Quotations

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate

The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.

I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.