As an entrepreneur, you know that success is never guaranteed. You have to work hard and hustle to make your dreams a reality. That’s why it’s important to stay motivated and inspired, especially when things get tough. Check out these inspiring Greek quotes to help you keep pushing forward.

The best greek quotes

1. Now, we live in an age where we have so much information that we do tend to overload. The Greeks did too, though. — Oliver Stone

2. We are only geometricians of matter; the Greeks were, first of all, geometricians in the apprenticeship to virtue. — Simone Weil

3. I fear that there will be no neat ending to this, in the manner of the old Greek plays. Where the Gods descend, and all is explained, and tidied away. — Paul McAuley, Something Coming Through

4. Greece isn’t a democracy now it’s run through a troika–three foreign officials that fly into Athens airport and tell the Greeks what they can and can’t do. — Nigel Farage

5. Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. — Robert Kennedy

6. The forge looked like a steam–powered locomotive had smashed into the Greek Parthenon and they had fused together. — Rick Riordan

7. No Tyson, the guy in the story did not attract the attention of a moose. Tyson is sad now. — Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes

8. Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom. — J. K. Rowling

9. Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves. — Melina Mercouri

10. We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing — Thucydides

11. No Tyson, the guy in the story did not attract the attention of a moose. Tyson is sad now. — Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes

12. For mine own part, it was Greek to me. — William Shakespeare

13. A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. — Samuel Johnson

14. And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation? — Melina Mercouri

15. Don’t trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts.–Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes — Virgil

16. Even Cronus, the Titan who literally had his kids for breakfast, would find these facts hard to swallow. — Tai, Cupid’s Academy: Argus’ Big Fat Greek Wedding Ring

17. He helps make me be the best person I can be. that’s how I knew that he was the one. I’m better with him than I was without him. — Selena Laurence, Speaking Greek

18. A guy in Greek armor drew his sword and charged, but slipped in a puddle of pina colada. — Rick Riordan

19. I am what libraries and librarians have made me with a little assistance from a professor of Greek and a few poets. — B. K. Sandwell

20. Christianity did take a lot of Greek concepts. — Oliver Stone

21. Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes. — Mark Twain

22. The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. — Stella Adler

23. You have to pay so much to see theater, even in Chicago. In the Greek theater, you didn’t have to pay anything. You actually had to go, and you just sat there all day. — Martha C. Nussbaum

24. ‘as the Greek said ”Many men know how to flatter few men know how to praise.”’ — Wendell Phillips

25. He helps make me be the best person I can be. that’s how I knew that he was the one. I’m better with him than I was without him. — Selena Laurence, Speaking Greek

26. The forge looked like a steam–powered locomotive had smashed into the Greek Parthenon and they had fused together. — Rick Riordan

27. You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something–it is true. — Melina Mercouri

28. ‘my point, ” Jason said, ”is that blaming each other isn’t going to solve anything. That’s how the Romans and the Greeks got divided in the first place.’ — Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

29. Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes. — Mark Twain

30. Trying to pump breath into a fairy tale is as arduous and tragic as ancient Greek theatre. — Terry A. O’Neal

31. Even Cronus, the Titan who literally had his kids for breakfast, would find these facts hard to swallow. — Tai, Cupid’s Academy: Argus’ Big Fat Greek Wedding Ring

32. I thought I was attractive when I shot ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding.’ Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them. — Nia Vardalos

33. Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it. — C. P. Scott

34. Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I’ll obey. — William Shakespeare

35. ‘you are like the winged goddess from Greek mythology. As beautiful and soaring like an angel as her”. #MilanoVeneziani. #ItalianPassion’ — Olga Goa

36. Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks. — Winston Churchill

37. I’ve got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans. — Martin C. Smith

38. ‘my point, ” Jason said, ”is that blaming each other isn’t going to solve anything. That’s how the Romans and the Greeks got divided in the first place.’ — Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

39. Silly of me not to have realized it. One often finds Greek temples lurking in the woods of English estates. Sneaky things, temples. — Victoria Alexander, The Husband List

40. So live your life that those who speak ill of you will not be believed. — one of the ancient Greeks I’m on a hunt to find which one.

41. Something has got to hold it together. I’m saying my prayers to Elmer, the Greek god of glue. — Tom Robbins

42. Does anyone here speak English? Or even Ancient Greek?–A very lost Marcus Brody — Rob MacGregor, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

43. I am what libraries and librarians have made me with a little assistance from a professor of Greek and a few poets. — B. K. Sandwell

44. Artists, like the Greek gods, are only revealed to one another. — Oscar Wilde

45. Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all, in my view, is not to have one. — Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

46. We are only geometricians of matter; the Greeks were, first of all, geometricians in the apprenticeship to virtue. — Simone Weil

47. ‘there’s a saying, ” Aeneas said: ”Keep an eye on Greeks when they offer gifts.” He spoke wryly. ”Horses, particularly.’ — Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia

48. * Pindar, a Thebian Greek wrote (circa 350 B.C.E.) War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach. — Pindar

49. Greek architecture is the flowering of geometry. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

50. It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology–the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods. — Martin Scorsese

Conclusion

We all have our favorite quotes about Greek life, and these are just a few of the best. Whether you’re a student, an alumni, or just a lover of all things Greek, take some time to reflect on these inspiring words. We hope they motivate you to make the most of your Greek experience and inspire you to be the best version of yourself.