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Alexander's courage bordered on recklessness. He was the first to charge the enemy line, often sustaining severe wounds. He believed that 'fortune favors the bold. ' His courage wasn't just physical; it was the strategic courage to try the unexpected, like attacking the island city of Tyre by building a land bridge to it. He teaches that boldness creates its own luck and that hesitation is the death of conquest.
"I will not steal a victory."
"Soldiers, I had lately like to have been taken from you by the attempt of a few desperate men, but by the grace and providence of the gods, I am still preserved."
"It is a lovely thing to live with courage, and to die, leaving behind an everlasting renown."
"I am the son of Jupiter Ammon, and I shall act accordingly."
"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."
"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."
"His father is a man of no account, and he himself is a coward."
"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."
"Those who have the courage to conquer fear are made free."
"How great are the dangers I face to win a good name, for a name is the only wealth that survives."
"Each moment free from fear makes a man immortal."
"Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame."
"Glory crowns the deeds of those who expose themselves to toils and dangers."
"How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens."
"O Athenians, what a conception you must have of my love of fame, when you think I can endure so many dangers to obtain your good opinion."
"I do not value my life as much as I value the wealth of a clean conscience and a bold spirit."
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