The best Quotes by Alexander the Great

The best Quotes by Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20, and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia and Egypt. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India.

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.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Quotes about Alexander the Great

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
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To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
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Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.
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To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.
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The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
He has the most who is most content with the least.
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The last thing a lion wants is to have his dinner handed to him on a silver platter.
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A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
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A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.
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Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe.​
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To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf.
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The sheep that sleeps gets carried by the current.
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Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.
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To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.
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Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.
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Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
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The difference between the novice and the master is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried.
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We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.
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Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.
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What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms, when his hands are empty.
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When I was a little girl I remember thinking men were these beautiful creatures created to love an protect the women of this world. Turns out I was wrong. I just had an amazing father.
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I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
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My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.
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We approached Athens from the north in early twilight, climbing a hill. When we reached its peak, we were dazzled to look down and see the Acropolis struck by one beam of the setting sun, as if posing for a picture.
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
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The Wok.

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