Anyone who has ever aspired to create an empire knows that it takes hard work, dedication and a lot of sacrifice. While there is no one-size-fits-all blueprint for success, some entrepreneurs have managed to build empires by following their own unique paths. In today’s blog post, we’ve compiled a list of inspiring empire quotes from some of the most successful businesspeople in history.

The best empire quotes

1. I get what I desire, it’s my empire And yes I call the shots, I am the umpire — Nicki Minaj

2. ‘i know something about a lot of things, ” she countered evenly. ”That’s why you’re grooming me to be your lieutenant, remember?”–Mara Jade’ — Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

3. Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor. — Samuel Johnson

4. You know, the Brits had a way of–running an empire. And I don’t think America is comfortable with an empire. — Pat Robertson

5. Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind. — Noah Feldman

6. All of the great empires of the future will be empires of the mind. — Winston S. Churchill

7. If we don’t stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire. — Pat Buchanan

8. One of the odd things about middle age…was the strange decisions a man discovers he’s made by not really making them. — Richard Russo, Empire Falls

9. The sun never sets on the British Empire. But it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded. — Steven Wright

10. It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti–Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an ‘evil empire.’ — Mikhail Gorbachev

11. You can’t possibly judge your ability to control something until you’ve experienced the extremes of its capabilities. Do you understand? — Richard Russo, Empire Falls

12. ‘we’d better eat before we raise hell.”–Aelin Ashrvyer Galathynius’ — Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

13. Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there. — Napoleon Bonaparte

14. I want to build a legacy at the WWE, but I definitely want to continue to grow the Bella Empire. I want it to go beyond the ring. I would love to be a motivational speaker. — Nikki Bella

15. The greatest of empires, is the empire over one’s self. — Publilius Syrus

16. In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte

17. In this manner , we are told, the system of the imaginary is spread circularly, by detours and returns the length of an empty subject. — Roland Barthes, Empire of Signs

18. Do not build a castle around one act of kindness — do not build an empire around one act of cruelty.

19. Okay. Look, why don’t you take care of the half a million things you’ve been letting dangle in Roarke’s Empire of Everything?’ ‘Catchy title. I may use it one day. — Nora Roberts

20. In the pursuit of knowledge, no one should travel alone — C.S. Woolley, Rising Empire: Part 2

21. Ah, does my princess now want what I offer? — Sai Marie Johnson, In Empires and Embraces

22. Trade’s proud empire hastes to swift decay. — Oliver Goldsmith

23. Children of the future, watching empires fall. Madness the cup they drink from, self destruction the toll. — Ozzy Osbourne

24. You don’t need to work hard to earn an empire — there is an army of slaves to do it for you.

25. An empire is an immense egotism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

26. Keep the guests company, and mind your asses! Stay out of the hall before my chamber! — Sai Marie Johnson, In Empires and Embraces

27. An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is another matter. — Noah Feldman

28. Great empires are not maintained by timidity. — Tacitus

29. They had slept in the shelter of the ruins, though neither of them really got true rest. — Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

30. The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread. — Napoleon Bonaparte

31. My heart’s made of goldMy soul is pure steelLoved ones shall riseEnemies will kneelI soothe with water, attack with fireFor I am the master of my own empire. — Sarah Brownlee

32. Now I bring full–flavoured wine out of a barrel found Where seven Ephesian topers slept and never knew When Alexander’s empire passed, they slept so sound. — William Butler Yeats

33. Thane had never been one of the idealists — he’d accepted Wedge Antilles’s invitation not because he believed the Rebellion was pure good but because he’d learned the Empire was pure evil.

34. Now I bring full–flavoured wine out of a barrel found Where seven Ephesian topers slept and never knew When Alexander’s empire passed, they slept so sound. — William Butler Yeats

35. Charlemagne either died or was born or did something with the Holy Roman Empire in 800. — Robert Benchley

36. What is the mass of a feeling? What is its wavelength, its position on the electromagnetic spectrum? — Paul McAuley, Evening’s Empires

37. The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. — William Blake

38. Foreign policy often involved nothing more than the decision whom to make war upon. — Peter Heather, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

39. All great empires die from within. — Terry Bradshaw

40. Information is the mortar that both builds and destroys empires — Tobsha Learner, The Witch of Cologne

41. Where is Aelin. Where is my wife? — Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

42. America is the strongest empire ever, with the largest military. We spend ten times what the Russians do. And they have equal nuclear ability as we do, because they’re precise. — Oliver Stone

43. ‘we’d better eat before we raise hell.”–Aelin Ashrvyer Galathynius’ — Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

44. Foreign policy often involved nothing more than the decision whom to make war upon. — Peter Heather, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

45. Empire breeds terrorism. — Pat Buchanan

46. I’m a businesswoman who’s serious about her money. I want an empire. — Toni Braxton

47. What is the mass of a feeling? What is its wavelength, its position on the electromagnetic spectrum? — Paul McAuley, Evening’s Empires

48. Religions of the Roman Empire ‘were all considered by the people, as equally true, by the philosopher, as equally false, and by the magistrate, as equally useful.’8 — Steven Weinberg

49. Information is the mortar that both builds and destroys empires — Tobsha Learner, The Witch of Cologne

50. I knew a girl so ugly, I took her to the top of the Empire State building and planes started to attack her. — Rodney Dangerfield

Conclusion

In conclusion, the best quotes about empire demonstrate the complexities of the concept of empire and the various ways it can be perceived. From the idea of a powerful, hierarchical structure to a symbol of liberation, the quotes show that there is no one-size-fits-all definition for what an empire is. Empires can be both good and bad, depending on the context and the perspective. Ultimately, it is up to each of us to decide what we believe about them and how we will use them.