Julius Caesar on Vision Quotes

"To win by strategy is no less the role of a general than to win by arms."

"As a rule, men worry more about what they cannot see than about what they can."

"I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life."

"It is a right of war that they who conquer should govern those whom they have conquered in what manner they please."

"Great things should be done without hesitation."

"If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it."

"A man of action sees his destiny in his own hands."

"I will make my own path when the old ones are closed."

"The beginning of every act is the thought of the end."

"Avoid an unusual and unfamiliar word as you would a reef."

"Let the future judge the wisdom of the vision."

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."

"I am not the sort of man to be deterred by the difficulty of the task."

"The horizon is merely a limit of our sight, not of our reach."

"As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see."

"It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking."

"Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces."

"No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected."

"Experience is the teacher of all things."

"Knowledge of the terrain is the first requirement of victory."

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

"I would rather be first in a village than second in Rome."

"One must act with speed to capture the opportunity of the moment."

"In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes."

"It is better to suffer once than to live in perpetual apprehension."

"Men willingly believe what they wish to be true."

"All bad precedents began as justifiable measures."

"It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those whom they have in their power."

"He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory."

"The greatest enemy is often found within one's own hesitation."

"Without training, they lacked the vision to see the trap."

"I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments."

"I love the name of honor, more than I fear death."