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.