Leadership Quotes, page 36

“When you have an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.”

“As a peacemaker, the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.”

“Killing the dog does not cure the bite.”

“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.”

“God bless the Methodist Church — bless all the churches — and blessed be God, who, in this our great trial, giveth us the churches.”

“I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”

“Allow me to assure you that suspicion and jealousy never helped any man in any situation.”

“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”

“Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.”

“I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and dominion.”

“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”

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

“Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.”

“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; those who are conquered by it suffer until they find the courage to defeat it, or death takes them.”

“For my part, I would rather excel in the knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.”

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

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

“How can a man groom his horse or polish his spear and helmet if he grows unaccustomed to tending his own person, his most treasured possession?”

“Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature, and for which we shall set up trophies in another conquered world?”

“Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on live like one people in concord and for mutual advancement. Consider the world as your country, with laws common to all and where the best will govern irrespective of tribe. I do not distinguish among men, as the narrow-minded do, both among Greeks and barbarians. I am not interested in the descent of the citizens or their racial origins. I classify them using one criterion: their virtue. For me every virtuous foreigner is a Greek and every evil Greek is worse than a barbarian. If differences ever develop between you, never have recourse to arms, but solve them peacefully. If necessary, I should be your arbitrator.”

“Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives. I will let you go — not out of pity, but so you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant. Do not expect to suffer harm from me. A king does not kill messengers.”

“If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes.”

“For as a newborn babe cannot be nourished without the nurse's milk, nor conducted to the approaches that lead to growth in life, so a city cannot thrive without fields and the fruits thereof pouring into its walls.”

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

“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.”

“Glory crowns the deeds of those who expose themselves to toil and danger.”

“A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.”

“When you bury my body, do not build any monument; keep my hands outside so the world knows the man who conquered the world died with empty hands.”

“I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.”