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Top 10 Cyrus the Great Quotes (2025 Update)

Cyrus the Great Quote: “I am Cyrus, king of the world...”

1. “I am Cyrus, king of the world...”

— Cyrus the Great

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Cyrus the Great Quote: “Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.”

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

— Cyrus the Great

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Cyrus the Great Quote: “Diversity in counsel, unity in command.”

3. “Diversity in counsel, unity in command.”

— Cyrus the Great

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Cyrus the Great Quote: “A man’s enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them.”

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

— Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great Quote: “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.”

5. “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

Cyrus the Great Quote: “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.”

6. “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

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

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

— Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great Quote: “In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.”

8. “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

Cyrus the Great Quote: “We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.”

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

— Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great Quote: “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.”

10. “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

Cyrus the Great Quote: “Brevity is the soul of command. Too much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly, decisively and to the point–and couch your desires in such natural logic that no one can raise objections. Then move on.”

11. “Brevity is the soul of command. Too much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly, decisively and to the point–and couch your desires in such natural logic that no one can raise objections. Then move on.”

— Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great Quote: “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.”

12. “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

Cyrus the Great Quote: “Success should always call for showing greater kindness, generosity, and justice; only people lost in the darkness treat it as an occassion for greater greed.”

13. “Success should always call for showing greater kindness, generosity, and justice; only people lost in the darkness treat it as an occassion for greater greed.”

— Cyrus the Great

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