- Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.
- 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.
- Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
- I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
- You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.
- True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.
- 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.
- How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?
- For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.
- I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
10 inspirational alexander the great quotes on success
