The most distinctive thing about Todor was that his words were followed by deeds. His ideas were always distinguishable by their practical insight, sound thought, and they did not lack thoroughness and originality. Should you seek in him temperament, you would find the businesslike temperament of a strong personality. In the face of Todor, the cause had found its mastermind whose might was manifested alike when something had to be plotted , pursued and completed.

He seemed to have been born for struggling; he was at his best in overcoming hardship. In moments of insuperable disenchantment, in times not deficient in old Macedonian activists who were familiar with the people, it was by no means accidental that Todor appeared in the fore. His will was unusual and it alone could oppose the blind course of the events and the chaos of decay. He was soon being joined by some fighters, he would be followed by others, but he was the first to rush ahead.

By inborn resolve, without fearing responsibility, before the grandeur of the undertakings, he, as if intuitively, sensed the right moment and a great number of his acts remained to be come up with by the others' sluggish minds. In that respect, Todor displayed the breadth of vision that a public figure of great stand has; a person like him would never wait for the blind to notice some necessity so that the course of action he had chosen be approved. This is exemplified by Todor's activity following 1918 - a time of controversies and resignation, idle talks and contemplation when all the Fatherland needed was work. If the hardest task for a military man is to consolidate the ranks of scattered soldiers and lead them toward victory, Todor proved to be a brilliant leader of an entire scattered people; in the time of a fatal historical overturn, he saved from tumbling down the cart of Macedonia's future and led it to the ruts of the people's ideals and interests.

A realist in perceiving the needs and the moments, he was such in choosing people as well - he assessed them not only by their souls, or even their intellects, but by testing them in real life. He was able to recognize, swiftly and clearly, someone, about whom one built an opinion slowly and fluctuatedly and could hardly grasp some predominant features. Whenever a new candidate to join the ranks of IMRO appeared, the chetniks and vojvodas were murmuring to one another "He is going to the tailor (or to the scales) - i.e. to Todor in order to be assessed. He, however, considered that each fighter is born out of the struggle and used to say : "People are the way they are , it is a matter of art to make them what you want them to be.? Many of his collaborators were useful for the cause not because of what they had, but because of what they had acquired from Todor who knew which thing they were best at and directed them towards that. He would never cease to prepare the fighter for everything, but if there was no time to lose, he didn't make a stop along the way, didn't raise helplessly hands towards the sky "because there is a lack of people" as the weak-willed would do; he engaged even those who were not so much prepared or well-selected, relying on himself for neutralizing afterwards all that might prove to be superfluous or detrimental about the particular person. Todor would say about somebody that he is sluggish, yet courageous; about another that he is a coward, yet agile, quick-witted; those two were assigned a joined task, he guided them in a mathematical manner and they succeeded. Being of definitely austere character, almost one-sidedly cold in nature, he was to the liking of people with most divergent inclinations and was able to do work with everybody.

The fact that until Alexandrov revolutionary Macedonia had not known a more prominent conspirator, can hardly be disputed. Both in engineering an isolated blow and in putting together the overall action, there was the imprint of the indispensable method shared by Alexandrov which was based on the rule "it is better to plot something minor and accomplish that than project something large-scaled and not effect it. " His perspicacity targeted as an arrow the most delicate and complex element in certain undertaking; the latter was what it tried to illuminate, study to an end and solve. In the framework of a plan, he faultlessly defined the place personal courage, caution and technical skills had to be given. He made use, equally well, of lesser means and forces. He foresaw the enemy's intentions on time, and not just once took positions before being attacked, thus confusing the considerations of the enemy and putting it into moral distraction. He was as much fearful in direct clashes, as mysterious and dangerous for the enemy when he was choosing the right manoeuvre, the outflanking from far away.

Todor never undertook something just out of some love of acting.In life, he was able to seed out the most adequate measure to every objective and conjecture the simplest way to its implementation. Until he had studied the entire situation and, chiefly, until a plausible result had been seen that was justifiable by the society or at least justifiable by the reasonable needs of the revolution, he took no steps. If one could count all the innumerable minor and major practical issues he solved, on could see that he rarely made a mistake. Because he mainly employed the means of a revolutionary, he never missed an occasion to cast more light upon them so that it would be more understandable for the rest of the world. That was the point where the vojvoda and the conspirator was turning into a politician.

The people knows Alexandrov and will portray him in the legend more as a saint than as a hero. His figure radiated self-denial, faith and austerity. His example, even in pettiest acts, inspired awe. His quiet and slow talk, even his being silent, asserted themselves more authoritatively than the eloquence of an orator. His will had imposed itself, first of all, over himself; all bodily whims and unconstraints of the spirit succumbed to it. Isn't it unusual that, given the most unfavorable living conditions for long years, he lived in moderation and order, finding enough time to feed, rest, travel, work; unbearably overrun with work, he managed to pay attention to many aspects of the society's life in general, to follow the politics, to learn French by depriving himself of the minutes he had for sleeping; having his lungs corrupted, to endure coldness, fatigue, hunger ... His industriousness and self-discipline are proverbial. He was the last one to go to sleep, the first to wake up and get to work and this work was immense, yet well sorted and speedily done by him.

Todor would be feeling happier, if he had helped a chetnik tie his boots or taught him how to pack his rucksack then if he had lost an hour in futile conversation. He didn't sympathize with chatters at all. That was why he used to tutor "More work, less talking", looked steadily at everybody, and was glad to get down to any work. He was a living big care for everything and everyone in the struggle.

His manners were imbued with politeness and modesty. He was not negligent towards anybody, neither was he towards himself. His strong memory helped him remember the thousands of acquaintances he had; seeing that he hadn't forgotten them, the peasants were reaffirming their loyalty to him; they called him "the Old One". Perhaps these plain people believed in the success of the struggle because of their personal faith in Todor. On his part, he had always been an optimist, he believed fanatically in the success of the cause. To that success, he contributed mainly with his moral power and used to characterize the accomplishments of our movement as moral. Todor knew thoroughly the spirit of the Macedonian revolution.

A struggler of highest class, Todor Alexandrov inspired the struggle and parented strugglers. That was due to the fact that even before making use of weapons, he reigned over the souls.