Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Quotes gleaned from the book Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford:

Triumph could not be partial. It was complete, total, and undeniable—or it was nothing.
Victory did not come to the one who played by the rules; it came to the one who made the rules and imposed them on his enemy.
There is no good in anything until it is finished
If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.
The Mongols did not find honor in fighting; they found honor in winning.
In probably the first law of its kind anywhere in the world, Genghis Khan decreed complete and total religious freedom for everyone
No friend is better than your own wise heart
Whoever can keep a house in order can keep a territory in order.
He [Genghis Khan] admonished them never to think of themselves as the strongest or smartest. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it, he warned. When the animals climb to the top of the mountain, they are even higher than it is.
While words may be altered or censored, the truth endures, even when not properly recorded. Truth can be forgotten, misplaced, or lost, but never annihilated.