A man's enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them.

- Cyrus The Great

We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.

- Cyrus The Great

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

Diversity in counsel, unity in command.

- Cyrus The Great

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

- Cyrus The Great

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 …

- Cyrus The Great

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 assu…

- Cyrus The Great

May all the gods whom I settled in their sacred centers ask daily of Bêl and Nâbu that my days be long and may they intercede for my welfare. ... The…

- Cyrus The Great

Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.

- Cyrus The Great