Alexander the Great Quotes

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius’ wife: on the contrary, I have refused even to listen to those who spoke to me of her beauty.

Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home?

True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

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.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.

May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.

Soldiers, I had lately like 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.

Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.

In the end, when it’s over, all that matters is what you’ve done.

With the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

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.

Every light is not the sun.

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.