I Do Not Steal Victory.

I Am Indebted To My Father For Living, But To My Teacher For Living Well.

I Would Rather Live A Short Life Of Glory Than A Long One Of Obscurity.

Without Knowledge, Skill Cannot Be Focused. Without Skill, Strength Cannot Be Brought To Bear And Without Strength, Knowledge May Not Be Applied.

I Had Rather Excel Others In The Knowledge Of What Is Excellent, Than In The Extent Of My Power And Dominion.

Youths Of The Pellaians And Of The Macedonians And Of The Hellenic Amphictiony And Of The Lakedaimonians And Of The Corinthians... And Of All The Hellenic Peoples, Join Your Fellow-soldiers And Entrust Yourselves To Me, So That We Can Move Against The Barbarians And Liberate Ourselves From The Persian Bondage, For As Greeks We Should Not Be Slaves To Barbarians.