Quotes About Dominance

Kublai went on as if he had not spoken. "Before you all, in the lands of my enemies, I declare myself great khan of the nation, of the khanates under my brothers, Hulegu and Arik-Boke, of the Chagatai khanate and all others. I declare myself great khan of the Chin lands and the Sung. I have spoken and my word is iron!

He did not fear such enemies, nor a dozen armies like them. He was khan of the sea of grass and they were just city men, soft and fat for all their bluster and sharp swords. He would cut them down.

I have not given thought to what comes after the battles. Perhaps I will rule. Is that not the right of a conqueror?

A strong man could bend the sky to suit him, but only for himself, Temujin knew.

Genghis snorted. "Men always die in war. Their kings expect it. I want them to know that if they resist me, they are putting their hand in the mouth of a wolf. They will lose everything and they can expect no mercy.

This is a hard land and the people are used to death. If I am to rule them, they must know that to face me is to be destroyed. They must be afraid, Chakahai. It is the only way.

The world will hear my name." When he spoke again, it was so quiet that Kokchu had to strain to hear him. "This is not a time of death, shaman. We are one people and there will be no more battles between us. I will summon us all. Cities will fall to us, new lands will be ours to ride. Women will weep and I will be pleased to hear it.

The world has grown too large for one army of the nation, my brother. You will ride where I tell you to ride, conquer where I tell you to conquer. The world is yours, if you can put aside the base part of you that tells you to rule it all. That you may not have. Now give me an answer and your oath. Your word is iron, brother, and I will take it. Or I can just kill you now.

He who controls the heartland controls the world.

It was not that authority came without crushing weight, just that the alternative was living at another's whim.

We would all be a tyrant if we could.

A wolf doesn't think about refined thing. He only cares that his pack is strong and that no other wolf dares to cross his way

Whoever controls the heart of the land, controls the world

I am the rightful khan of the nation. I am the gur-khan. My word is iron and my word is law.

I will be khan of them all. We are one people and one man can lead them. How else can we take the cities of the Chin?

A power is seductive

As Josephs and his colleagues point out, 'through its hierarchical ordering of two or more groups, a stereotype is essentially a statement about dominance or status.' When the stereotype of women's inferiority in maths is made salient, a woman doing a maths test is at risk of confirming her lower status in the hierarchy of numeracy.

Where they make a desert, they call it peace.

The gods are on the side of the stronger.

Mountain lions are psychological animals, preying on the mind with secret eyes. They know that they still dominate, that they cannot be cornered without ripping their way out. They know that they are still the heart of firceness. Being pack animals ourselves, we humans have some alliance with other pack animals, like wolves or coyotes. When I see a free wolf, I feel as if we could sit down and talk, given that the details have been worked out. Not so with the cat. The cat speaks in symbols.

Violence of any kind, once it starts, is like fucking a gorilla-you ain't done till the gorilla's done.

Now discipline must dominate all else. Strength is mind over matter. A great quote from a great friend.

Our ego is our silent partner--too often with a controlling interest.

And just like that, she felt like the General again.