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Alexander The Great's thinking on Competition goes deeper than surface-level advice. This curated archive brings together their essential quotes on the subject, revealing patterns and principles you can apply immediately. Each entry includes full source context, allowing you to understand not just what they said, but why it matters. Whether you're navigating challenges or pursuing mastery, these insights offer the mental models you need to think clearly about Competition.
"The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered."
"There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one."
"Every light is not the sun."
"If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes."
"I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor often depends the success of a battle."
"Shall I, who have passed the Hellespont, be stopped by a little stream?"
"I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity."
"Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable."
"Great as my empire is, it is not enough for my ambition."
"I will not wait for the enemy; I will find him."
"I will not steal a victory."
"I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and dominion."
"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."
"Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free."
"How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens."
"Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all."
"Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations to fight."
"I set no limits of labors to a man of spirit, save only that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments."
"Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters."
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try."
"I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give."
"Are you not aware that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?"
"I foresee a great funeral contest over me."
"I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well."
"A king does not kill messengers."
"Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies."
"My father will get ahead of me in everything, and will leave nothing great or brilliant for me to show to the world."
"In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done."
"You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of virtue."
"Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives."
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
"Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature?"
Inspired by: History: The History of Alexander by Curtius Rufus
"The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give."
"For my part, I think that for a man of spirit there is no other aim and end of his labours except the labours themselves."
"I send you a kaphiz of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory."
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