Conn Iggulden Quotes
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He would never understand women, he thought. They were life’s great mystery.
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There was no justice in the world and evil men prospered. Kachiun struggled not to despair as he wrapped his deel around him, but there were times when he hated as ferociously as Temujin did. There should be justice. There should be revenge.
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To be strong - that's the first thing the man must learn. If you don't have strength, others can take you everything you have or make
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What is the purpose of life if not to conquer? To steal women and land? I would rather be here and see this than live out my life in peace.
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He holds blood in his right hand," she whispered. "He will walk with death all his life.
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Conquering enemy cities was far less complicated than the women in his life, or the children they bore for him.
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You do not placate a tiger by feeding it your own flesh.
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You can't just wound the bear and run. He'll come after you.
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Why do you hurt me? What more do you want?” she asked, tears shining in her eyes. “Power over you, little one,” he said, smiling. “What does any man want but that? It is something in the blood of every one of us. We would all be a tyrant if we could.
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If a man has gold, he lives with the terror that someone will take it away from him, so he builds walls around it. Then everyone knows where the gold is, so they come and take it. That’s the way it always goes, brother. Fools and gold, together.
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You cannot deceive the mirror
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You have to consider the quality of the cargo and not the weight
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You obey orders, because if you do not, you cannot expect the same from your men. You are part of the wolf, not the whole wolf. I would have thought you had learned that when you were a boy, but it is not the case. A wolf cannot have more than one head, General, or it tears itself apart.
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There was no destiny in life, nothing beyond what a man could take and hold for himself.
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This book could not have been written without the people of Mongolia, who allowed me to live among them for a time and who taught me their history over salted tea and vodka while the winter eased into spring.
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When you’re older, you will realise the only thing that matters, the only thing, is that you had courage and honour. Lose those things and you won’t die any quicker, but you’ll be less than the dirt on our boots. You’ll still be dust, but you’ll have wasted your short time in the light.
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If my brother was made to kneel... you will never walk again.
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Most cannot lead—the idea terrifies them. Yet for those like you and me, there is no greater joy than knowing there is no help coming. The decision is ours alone.
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No man can think about everything; we can only be ready for everything
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The wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone.