Alexander the Great Quotes :
“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”
“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”
“I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.”
“Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.”
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”
“When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back.”
“A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.”
“With the right attitude, self-imposed limitations vanish.”
“In the end, when it’s over, all that matters is what you’ve done.”
“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
“Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.”
“How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.”
“I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.”
“Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.”
“Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.”
“A king does not kill messengers.”
“Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.”
“There are no more worlds to conquer!”
“Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free… if not for any other reason but to see if you will turn a friend or enemy.”
“I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and dominion.”
“Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free and those who are conquered by it are made to suffer until they have the courage to defeat it, or death takes them.”
“An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.”
“Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.”
“True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.”
“I foresee a great funeral contest over me.”
“When my casket is being carried to the grave, leave my hands hanging outside. For empty-handed I came into this world and empty-handed I shall go.”
“Without knowledge, skill cannot be focused. Without skill, strength cannot be brought to bear, and without strength, knowledge may not be applied.”
“There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of when I am doing well.”
“Whatever you learn, learn it for keeping.”
“Let us consider this as our victory in which we have as yet only used our arms, and not our plans.”
“As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.”
“My logisticians are a humorless lot… they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.”
“How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furnishing him with the necessary food? Rather let him first help himself and then others.”
“I am involved in the land of a lion and a wolf, the land that gives rise to all things. Here we live in the bright part of the world.”
“I will not steal a victory.”
“Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.”
“I am involved in the land of a lion and a wolf, the land that gives rise to all things. Here we live in the bright part of the world.”
“For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.”
“I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.”
“Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?”
“We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.”
“How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died the victim of the enemy than fall a sacrifice to the rage of my friends.”
“To the strongest!”
“Soldiers, I had lately liked to have been taken from you by the attempt of a few desperate men; but by the grace and providence of the gods, I am still preserved.”
“I want the world to know that I existed and that I stood for something.”
“Every light is not the sun.”
“When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.”
“I do not steal the victory.”
“In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.”
“To my mind, no action is in itself either evil or good. It is only in its relation to the performer that it comes to be either the one or the other.”
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