M.K. Alexander Quotes

An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

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

Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.

True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.

Bury my body and don't build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in hand when he died.

In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.

May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.

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

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

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

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

With the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish

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

Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.

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

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

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

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

Every light is not the sun.

My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.

The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.

There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

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

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all.

The unprepared mind cannot see the outstretched hand of opportunity.

There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.

Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.

The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely, In the flattering toils of philandery.

Then came a moment of renaissance, I looked up - you again are there, A fleeting vision, the quintessence Of all that's beautiful and rare.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any many who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.

[H]owever weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.

The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.

A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.

Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.