Genghis Khan Quotes

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• If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you
• With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That…
• Man's highest joy is in victory: to conquer one's enemies; to pursue them; to deprive them of their possessions; to make their beloved weep; to…
• The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end.
• The Greatest Happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you. To see his cities reduced to ashes. To see those who love…
• A man's greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all the things that have been theirs,…
• Heaven is weary of the luxury of China. I shall remain in the wilderness of the north. I shall return to simplicity and moderations once…
• Remember, you have no companions but your shadow
• The strength of a wall is neither greater nor less than the courage of the men who defend it.
• Not even a mighty warrior can brake a frail arrow when it is multiplied and supported by its fellows. As long as you brothers support…
• Oh people, know that you have committed great sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because…
• Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.
• A leader can never be happy until his people are happy.
• There is no good in anything until it is finished.
• Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives…
• The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them…
• Come and sip from the cup of destruction.
• An action comitted in anger is an action doomed to failure.
• I hate luxury. I exercise moderation…It will be easy to forget your vision and purpose one you have fine clothes, fast horses and beautiful women.…
• People conquered on different sides of the lake should be ruled on different sides of the lake.

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