My whole life has been a hallow waste, a futile exercise, for no one at death can take anything with them!
ALEXANDER THE GREATMy whole life has been a hallow waste, a futile exercise, for no one at death can take anything with them!
ALEXANDER THE GREATAs 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.
ALEXANDER THE GREATWithout Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.
ALEXANDER THE GREATIn the end, when it’s over, all that matters is what you’ve done.
ALEXANDER THE GREATWhen my casket is being carried to the grave, leave my hands hanging outside. For empty-handed, I came into this world and empty-handed, I shall go!
ALEXANDER THE GREATThere is nothing impossible to him who will try
ALEXANDER THE GREATUpon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
ALEXANDER THE GREATBut truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
ALEXANDER THE GREATFor my part, I think that to a man of spirit there is no other aim and end of his labours except the labours themselves.
ALEXANDER THE GREATHoly shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people to fight one another.
ALEXANDER THE GREATThrough every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear.
ALEXANDER THE GREATThere is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.
ALEXANDER THE GREATToil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.
ALEXANDER THE GREATLet us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
ALEXANDER THE GREATMay God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.
ALEXANDER THE GREATWith the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT