“All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.”

The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.

The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.

Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.

Haste in every business brings failures.

The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.

The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Make your own decision, based on your deepest intuitive wisdom and knowledge. You may make the right decision or the wrong one, but whatever happens, it is your best shot, and you will strengthen your capacity for future action.

People say a lot. So, she watches what they do.

It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.

Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them.

Keep moving ahead because action creates momentum, which in turn creates unanticipated opportunities.

Your ultimate life experience and legacy is being built moment by moment, day by day. Your story is being crafted by your every action, all leading somewhere, all leading to what one hopes will be a magnificent crescendo.