Cyrus the Great famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Men #Imperfection #Looks
You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Army #Views #Obscurity
A man's enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Pain #Men #Gains
Do not suppose, my dearest sons, that when I have left you I shall be nowhere and no one. Even when I was with you, you did not see my soul, but knew that it was in this body of mine from what I did. Believe then that it is still the same, even though you see it not.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Believe #Son #Soul
Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth - these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Army #People #Humanity
Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Sky #Knees
I am Cyrus, king of the world...
-- Cyrus the Great

#Kings #World
May all the gods whom I settled in their sacred centers ask daily of BÃªl and NÃ¢bu that my days be long and may they intercede for my welfare. ... The people of Babylon blessed my kingship, and I settled all the lands in peaceful abodes.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Blessed #Land #People
Diversity in counsel, unity in command.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Army #Diversity #Unity
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Kindness #Adversity #Men
Brevity is the soul of command. Too much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly, decisively and to the pointâ€“and couch your desires in such natural logic that no one can raise objections. Then move on.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Moving #Talking #Leader
O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Army #Men #Earth
Success always calls for greater generosity - though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed. Collecting boot is not an end itself, but only a means for building an empire. Riches would be of little use to us now - except as a means of winning new friends.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Mean #Army #Winning
We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.
-- Cyrus the Great

#Faults

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