Alexander the Great Quotes
18 quotes from Alexander the Great — King of Macedon who created one of the largest empires in history by age 30, stretching from Greece to northwestern Ind….
“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.”
“In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.”
“I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.”
“A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.”
“I do not pilfer victory.”
“I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.”
“For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.”
“I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle.”
“Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home?!”
“My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.”
“I observe, gentlemen, that when I would lead you on a new venture you no longer follow me with your old spirit. I have asked you to meet me that we may come to a decision together: are we, upon my advice, to go forward, or, upon yours, to turn back?”
“Since Alexander wishes to be a god, let him be a god.”
“His body, although it lay without special care in places that were moist and stifling, showed no sign of such a destructive influence, but remained pure and fresh.”
“Through your courage and endurance you have gained possession of Ionia, the Hellespont, both Phrygias, Cappadocia, Paphlagonia, Lydia, Caria, Lycia, Pamphylia, Phoenicia, and Egypt; the Greek part of Libya is now yours, together with much of Arabia, lowland Syria, Mesopotamia, Babylon, and Susia; Persia and Media with all the territories either formerly controlled by them or not are in your hands.”
“Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us harm although we had not done you any previous injury. I have been appointed commander-in-chief of the Greeks and it is with the aim of punishing the Persians that I have crossed into Asia, since you are the aggressors.”
“I would accept, were I Parmenio.”
“He could no longer speak, but he struggled to raise his head and gave each man a greeting with his eyes.”
