Alexander the Great

"One cannot look at the stars without feeling the flutter of madness."

"What good is the warmth of the sun if you cannot feel it?"

"I say to you that victory is only the beginning."

"Terrible as an army with banners is love."

"A short life with glory is preferable to a long life of shame."

"The man who fears nothing is more powerful than the man with the greatest army."

"It is more kingly to create than to destroy."

"He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear."

"Everything that has been must be; everything that will be may not be."

"Beware of nobles who are all talk and no action."

"The true measure of a man is not in how he treats his equals, but how he treats those beneath him."

"What is past is gone forever."

"I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well."

"The son becomes the father to the man."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"He who makes no mistakes makes nothing."

"It is better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"To move the world, we must first move ourselves."

"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing."

"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."

"Knowledge is the light that illuminates all things."

"Who am I that I should not follow my destiny?"

"The gods made some men for greatness and others for obscurity."

"When you have the chance, gather knowledge as you would gather treasure."

"A man's own worst enemy cannot wish him more evil than he wishes himself."

"Corruption is like a plague upon a kingdom."

"The bonds of matrimony are as strong as the will to honor them."

"Better to die on your feet than live on your knees."

"Pity the man who can govern only by force."