Hannibal Barca

Military General Carthaginian 247 – 183

Carthaginian commander famous for crossing Alps with elephants to fight Rome.

446 quotes

"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the garden where the soul learns to know itself."
Solitude
"The motivation that comes from within is the only flame that cannot be extinguished by circumstance."
Motivation
"Inspiration without perspiration is merely a pleasant dream disguised as possibility."
Inspiration
"Death is not the end of a man's influence; it is merely the beginning of his legend."
Death
"The history books are written by those who understand that every moment is a choice between advancement and decline."
History
"To have faith is to trust in outcomes you cannot control while refusing to surrender your agency."
Faith
"The good of the people is the greatest law."
Justice
"I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble."
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."
Perseverance
"We are dying from consumption, cover it up."
Truth
"A man may die, nations may rise and wane, but an idea lives on."
Inspiration
"The greatest wealth is health."
Health
"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
Change
"Better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep."
Courage
"Know thyself."
Wisdom
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Knowledge
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
Success
"Cowards die many times before their deaths."
Fear
"All men are mortal."
Death
"The die is cast."
"Fortune favors the bold."
Courage
"Time is the fire in which we burn."
Time
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Perseverance
"The obstacle is the way."
Philosophy
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."
Motivation
"Marcus, remember you are human."
"You have power over your mind, not outside events."
Power
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact."
Truth
"Accept the things to which fate binds you and love the people with whom fate brings you together."
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive."
Gratitude