Alexander the Great Quotes
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I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
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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.
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Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
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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?
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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.
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Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers.
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Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.
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Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?
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I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.
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On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!
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A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
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There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.
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Every light is not the sun.
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My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.
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I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
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Are there no more worlds that I might conquer?
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But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
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At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!
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Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
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O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
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There are no more worlds to conquer!
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I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
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We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.
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Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.