Alexander Great Quote by David McCullough

“If he had wished, he could have annexed Denmark; and ended a thousand years of war and history. But Charles had no weaknesses; now…

— William Bolitho

“to Alexander the Great, who wept when there were no more worlds to conquer...”

— Stanley Bing

“When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer". - Milton.”

— John Milton

“When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer. (Technically a misquote, but I like…

— Plutarch

“Alexander's mere name and the fame of his feats raised rulers and realms across virtually the whole world. And those who kept control of…

— Andrew Chugg

“Alexander was and is the absolute embodiment of pure human ambition with all its good and evil consequences.”

— Philip Freeman

“Alexander (at the trial of Philotas): How much happier to have fallen in the fighting, felled by a foe, rather than die by a…

— Andrew Chugg

“Whatever happened to “In victory, magnanimity; in defeat, defiance.” So said Frederick the Great.”

— George Carlin

“Alexander was no longer so much the master of his lust, having been fawned upon by Fortune, whom mortal men too little distrust.”

— Andrew Chugg

Alexander the great was ask how he conquered the world he said, "by not waivering".

— Billy Graham

“Alexander did not name an heir to his empire. When asked on his deathbed, he cryptically replied, “To the strongest.”

— Kris Waldherr

“I am acting, then," continued Alexander, "only on the defensive. The gods, who always favor the right, have given me the victory. I am…

— Jacob Abbott