The Education of Cyrus Quotes

“battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“There is a deep—and usually frustrated—desire in the heart of everyone to act with benevolence rather than selfishness, and one fine instance of generosity can inspire dozens more.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“I made my people understand the crucial difference between modesty and self-control. The modest person, I told them, will do nothing blameworthy in the light of day, but a true paragon of self-control—which we all should strive to be—avoids unworthy actions even in the deepest secrecy of his private life.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated  ”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Most of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“there was something in me that would not rest until I fulfilled a grand destiny. Thus I created an empire in my thoughts long before I began to win an empire in reality. When”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“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.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“An impostor is a man who claims more wealth and courage than he actually possesses. He’s a man who begins what he can never finish. On the other hand, those who can make their friends laugh are men of good taste.” My”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“For in the very nature of things, success tends to create pride and blindness in the hearts of men, while suffering teaches them to be patient and strong.” “Well spoken, Gobryas!” exclaimed”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“What angers me are all those kings who are fabled for the heaps of gold in their coffers, and their freedom from trouble and pain. I have a different vision. I say that the true leader shuns luxury and ease. Once in power, he should want to work harder than ever.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Success Should Never Breed Complacency”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“I deeply believe that leaders, whatever their profession, are wrong to allow distinctions of rank to flourish within their organizations. Living together on equal terms helps people develop deeper bonds and creates a common conscience.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“I would force myself again and again to guard against my own overeagerness. Such self-control was crucial, for many times it led to great victories when self-indulgence might have led to defeats.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Just as the various trades are most highly developed in large cities, in the same way food at the palace is prepared in a far superior manner. In small towns the same man makes couches, doors, ploughs and tables, and often he even builds houses, and still he is thankful if only he can find enough work to support himself. And it is impossible for a man of many trades to do all of them well. In large cities, however, because many make demands on each trade, one alone is enough to support a man, and often less than one: for instance one man makes shoes for men, another for women, there are places even where one man earns a living just by mending shoes, another by cutting them out, another just by sewing the uppers together, while there is another who performs none of these operations but assembles the parts, Of necessity, he who pursues a very specialized task will do it best.”
― xenophon, The Education of Cyrus

“battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.” Syazarees”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task   I”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“The suffering of the leader is always lightened by his glory. As much as possible, you must let others share in your glory, so that they never lose heart.” I”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“If you wish to be thought a good estate manager, or a good horseman, or a good physician, or a good flute player without really being one, just imagine all the tricks you have to invent just to keep up appearances. You might succeed at first, but in the end you’re going to be exposed as an impostor.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Let No One Fall Idle  ”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“I once heard you say that dealing with gods and dealing with men weren’t such different things. A prince, you taught me, should honor both gods and men during his days of good fortune, so that both men and gods will remember him in his time of need.”   True”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“To recognize this situation is not to call for a less calculated kind of leadership: It is always the cunning, not the naïve, who rise to power, and leaders must use artfulness to make any organization whatsoever work well. Yet they must never be guided by cynical and self-serving counsels. If they don’t call upon their higher selves, they will descend further into petty egotism and tyrannical behavior.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Your leader is only one man,” I heard my voice say. “His strength is no more supernatural than your own, nor is his virtue, and by himself he could never preserve the good things that belong by right to everyone. To govern well, he must have your help—the help of his true, trustworthy friends. You must forever be worthy of his trust, and you must raise up true friends of your own, to help you carry your own burdens. And it is love that must bind all of us together.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“My study of history had taught me that humanity has always been full of illusions about its own possibilities, and that ambitious leaders have led their people into deep affliction more often than wide empire. Then”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Don’t give them enough time to arrange a solid defense. We’ve got to appear against them like an uncontrollable nightmare of spears and battle-axes and flashing swords!”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Gentlemen,” I said to my officers, “let’s talk about discipline within our army, and let’s consider our danger from no-account leaders. Unfortunately, such rogues sometimes find more followers than good leaders. Promising everyone a good time with plenty of instant rewards, these scoundrels can exert much more influence than virtuous men, who end up alone on steep, rocky paths.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Shamelessness, they hold, treads close on the heels of ingratitude, and thus ingratitude is the ringleader and chief instigator to every kind of baseness.”
― Xenophon, Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus

“Remember too,” I added, “that getting rid of scoundrels ends the danger of contamination for the rest of the army. Men are drawn closer to virtue when they see the dishonor that falls on misleaders.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War