42 Alexander the Great Quotes and Sayings
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Alexander the Great Quotes
- “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.” – Alexander the Great
- “Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.” – Alexander the Great
- “There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” – Alexander the Great
- “True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.” – Alexander the Great
- “For my own part, I would rather excel knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.” – Alexander the Great
- “When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back.” – Alexander the Great
- “The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.” – Alexander the Great
- “Bury my body and don’t build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in hand when he died.” – Alexander the Great
- “Each moment free from fear makes a man immortal.” – Alexander the Great
- “I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.” – Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Famous Quotes
- “You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that is out of the reach of industry and valor.” – Alexander the Great
- “I am dying with the help of too many physicians.” – Alexander the Great
- “With the right attitude, self-imposed limitations vanish” – Alexander the Great
- “Are there no more worlds that I might conquer?” – Alexander the Great
- “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.” – Alexander the Great
- “Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.” – Alexander the Great
- “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.” – Alexander the Great
- “Glory crowns the deeds of those who expose themselves to toils and dangers.” – Alexander the Great
- “I do not steal victory.” – Alexander the Great
- “Without knowledge, skill cannot be focused. Without skill, strength cannot be brought to bear; and without strength, knowledge may not be applied.” – Alexander the Great
Quotes by Alexander the Great
- “Consider the world as your country, with laws common to all and where the best will govern irrespective of tribe. I do not distinguish among men, as the narrow-minded do, both among Greeks and Barbarians. I am not interested in the descendance of the citizens or their racial origins. And, I classify them using one criterion: their virtue.” – Alexander the Great
- “In the end, when it’s over, all that matters is what you’ve done.” – Alexander the Great
- “A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.” – Alexander the Great
- “Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.” – Alexander the Great
- “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” – Alexander the Great
- “Every light is not the sun.” – Alexander the Great
- “There is something noble in hearing myself ill-spoken of when I am doing well.” – Alexander the Great
- “Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.” – Alexander the Great
- “Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.” – Alexander the Great
- “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.” – Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Quotes
- “Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature, and for which we shall set up trophies in another conquered world?” – Alexander the Great
- “There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.” – Alexander the Great
- “There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.” – Alexander the Great
- “On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!” – Alexander the Great
- “Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.” – Alexander the Great
- “How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.” – Alexander the Great
- “For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.” – Alexander the Great
- “May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.” – Alexander the Great
- “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?” – Alexander the Great
- “I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.” – Alexander the Great
- “We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.” – Alexander the Great
- “I foresee a great funeral contest over me.” – Alexander the Great
