Genghis Khan Quotes Quotes

“Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.”
― Genghis Khan

“Little wonder I am celebrated by in-flight magazines everywhere as 'The Richard Branson of the Dark Ages”
― Tom Doig, Moron to Moron: Two Men, Two Bikes, One Mongolian Misadventure

“If word got out that anyone was moving soldiers, they could expect a tuman to turn up on the horizon. Genghis was not a man to ignore a naked challenge to his authority. The Mongol army moved and millions would die.”
― Conn Iggulden, Bones of the Hills

“I don’t want you to be sad, Temujin. Being able to give back the physical body that sheltered you during your life on earth so that it continues to serve the earth is a great privilege.”
― Antoine Ozanam, Temudjin Obra Completa

“Parviz continued, “Do you even know why we refer to it as toman?”

“No, never thought about it, why?” Hooman replied with as much spirit as his mask could muster.

“Well, it’s from the Mongolian word tümen, which means ‘unit of ten thousand.’” He gritted his teeth, agitating Hooman more than hearing about his son getting caught and arrested. Money was his only real love. “That terror, Genghis Khan, still lives with us to this day.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish