Suleiman the Magnificent Quotes

I have no right to be a king, but I have the right to create a king.

To be awake is everything.

To be awake is to be alive.

The secret is to be awake. To be awake is everything.

We continue to be vigilant.

There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

Rulers come and go; governments end and forms of government change; but sovereignty survives.

Public life is a situation of power and energy; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch as he that goes over to the enemy.

If men's minds were as easily controlled as their tongues, every king would sit safely on his throne

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

Before all else, be armed.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

I'm always going to keep my eyes open.

You always need to be on your toes.

I want people to be awake. I want them to be aware.

Wakefulness is the only saintliness there is, and sleepiness, unconsciousness, is the only sin there is; all other sins are born out of it. Cut the root, cut the very root! Don't go on pruning the leaves.

"Everyone is asleep. They've all been asleep for years. You seemed... awake." Alex is whispering now. He closes his eyes, opens them again. "I'm tired of sleeping."

There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.

If you be King, why should not I succeed?

A Warrior is always vigilant.

We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses.

For the future, the motto is, "No days unalert."

The sin of inadvertence, not being alert, not quite awake, is the sin of missing the moment of life-live with unremitting alertness.