A Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte
French - Statesman
August 15, 1769 - May 5, 1821

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

Richard Burton

Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The more I study Hindu scriptures, and the more I discuss them with Brahmins, the more I feel convinced that untouchability is the greatest blot upon Hinduism.

Mahatma Gandhi

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more durable than that of a great king. He is an independent force in the world.

Winston Churchill

The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your 'civilization'.

Booker T. Washington

The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.

Booker T. Washington

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the law of the final supremacy of brute force.

Mahatma Gandhi

The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.

Bayard Taylor

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

Jane Austen

I am more convinced than ever that mindsets toward learning could matter more than anything else we teach.

Salman Khan

The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect.