Contests Quote by Alexander the Great Download Open image “I foresee a great funeral contest over me.” — Alexander the Great ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Contests Funeral Inspirational Last words
A funeral isn't for the dead. You'll simply be a stage set for a kind of festival maybe. And besides, you won't even be… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I'd like my death to be as entertaining as possible for everyone involved. — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
I have spent a lot of time picturing my funeral. Then I realized no one would attend it in the first place. It makes… — Me Copy Share Image
At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor. — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
I want a military funeral when I die—the bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground.... It will be… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I hate funerals and would not attend my own if it could be avoided — Robert Tappan Morris Copy Share Image
I make it a kind of pious rule to go to every funeral to which I am invited, both as I wish to pay… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion. — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. { His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle }” — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well; — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against the revolted Bactrians; but if we… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory! — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms. — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius' wife:… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,… — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
I won contest after contest until finally I realized, "Ok, I am the best in the world, but now what?" So I opened my… — Christian Hosoi Copy Share Image
Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
To try something longer, I entered a half-hour radio drama contest with the national public broadcaster, CBC. To my surprise, I won. And that… — Karen Walton Copy Share Image
In the case of The Thin Blue Line, I was surprised actually by many things. I was shooting down in Texas where the actual… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I wouldn't support Limp Bizkit being on some snuff backyard brawling, fighting contest. — Fred Durst Copy Share Image
People understand contests. You take a bunch of kids throwing rocks at random and people look askance, but if you go and hold a… — Don Murray Copy Share Image
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image