“Among my friends.”
Alexander the Great
FriendshipTreasure
Alexander the Great Quotes
Macedonian - King|356 BC - 323 BC
50 FAMOUS QUOTES · KING
Alexander the Great Quotes
Read 50 of the best Alexander the Great quotes on courage, leadership, friendship and glory from the Macedonian king who built one of history's greatest empires.
“By not delaying.”
Alexander the Great
ActionShort Quotes
“Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.”
Alexander the Great
LeadershipRespect
“O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your valour!”
Alexander the Great
AchillesLegacy
“The Iliad is the best provision for military valour.”
Alexander the Great
BooksInspiration
“You were not mistaken, mother; for he too is Alexander.”
Alexander the Great
FriendshipHephaestion
“To the strongest.”
Alexander the Great
LegacyShort Quotes
“I foresee a great funeral contest over me.”
Alexander the Great
LegacyForesight
“It makes no difference how it is loosed.”
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Gordian KnotProblem Solving
“Either change your conduct or change your name.”
Alexander the Great
CharacterCourage
“Yes, if I could have kings as my competitors.”
Alexander the Great
PrideWit
“This, my friends, is blood, and not ichor such as flows from the veins of the blessed gods.”
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HumilityMortality
“For what is there now that we excel others in, if those things which we have been particularly instructed in be laid open to all?”
Alexander the Great
KnowledgeAristotle
“How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle.”
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GriefRegret
“Shall I, that have destroyed my preservers, return home?”
Alexander the Great
GriefRemorse
“Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our kingdom, so far divided by nature?”
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VisionAmbition
“I would rather hear the lyre of Achilles, to which he sang the glorious deeds of brave men.”
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HeroesMusic
“I have refused even to listen to those who spoke to me of her beauty.”
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HonourRespect
“My hopes.”
Alexander the Great
HopeGenerosity
“How shall I treat you?”
Alexander the Great
RespectPorus
“This, it seems, is royalty.”
Alexander the Great
WealthWit
“If I alone should drink, the rest will be out of heart.”
Alexander the Great
LeadershipSolidarity
“One tear of my mother's effaces ten thousand letters.”
Alexander the Great
MothersLove
“My mother charges me a high rent for nine months' lodging.”
Alexander the Great
MothersHumour
“God is the common father of all men, but makes the best ones peculiarly his own.”
Alexander the Great
HumanityFaith