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

Are there no more worlds that I might conquer?

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

I do not steal the victory.

Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish

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

if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Every light is not the sun.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

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

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.