The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.

Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.

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.

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.

Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.

Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians.

Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.

When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back.

Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?

We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.

On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!

With the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish.

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.

Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home?

There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.

For my part, I think that to a man of spirit there is no other aim and end of his labours except the labours themselves.

Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?

As for a limit to one's labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.