But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Are there no more worlds that I might conquer?

I do not steal victory.

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.

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 consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.

God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.