Napoleon Bonaparte Portrait

"Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength."

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

About this quote

Widely attributed to Napoleon but without a verified primary source linking it to a specific letter, speech, or document. The sentiment resonates with Napoleon's experience of rallying his army after catastrophic defeats — most notably after the disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, when he returned to Paris and immediately began raising a new army. It may derive from a paraphrase of ideas expressed in the Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène or other post-exile compilations.

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Attributed, widely quoted