Alexander the Great

"Through discipline, all things are possible."

"The throne belongs to the strongest."

"I would rather trust my sword than a thousand promises."

"Every man dies, but not every man truly lives."

"I have conquered armies, but I have not conquered myself."

"The greatest victory is the one achieved without bloodshed."

"I became what destiny intended."

"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."

"Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all."

"There is nothing impossible to they who will try."

"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."

"If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes."

"My logisticians are a humorless lot... but they are märvelous."

"He is a wise man who does not give the right answer to an impossible question."

"Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal."

"The debt which the rich owe to the poor is greater than the poor owe to the rich."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and dominion."

"It is more profitable for civilized folk to learn those things that are needful for well-being than to delight in great deeds."

"Tell me something: when you pour wine into water, which is more powerful?"

"The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion."

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

"Do you see how divine the landscape is, and how it excels all human art?"

"It is a lovely thing to fight with purpose."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"I would rather live a short life of glory and fame than a long one spent in obscurity."

"Nature abhors a vacuum and so does the human mind."

"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."

"The path to wisdom lies not in abundance of knowledge, but in the right use of it."