Robert Greene Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Robert Greene
Robert Greene Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Robert Greene on Wise Famous Quotes.
Power rarely ends up in the hands of those who start a revolution, or even those who further it; power sticks to those who bring it to a conclusion
I've always loved black culture; I don't know any other way to put it. Since I was a kid I loved music and early jazz, Sly and the Family Stone.
Hip-hop has a feeling element, it's not just about knowing music. It's not like classical music or jazz where you can go on raw energy.
Remember the following: Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your
You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
Person who cannot control his words shows that he cannot control himself, and is unworthy of respect.
The worst thing is to sit and whine and complain and obsess about money as if that were the only sign of your worth as a human.
If no resistances or obstacles face you, you must create them. No seduction can proceed without them.
It is your own bad strategies, not the unfair opponent, that are to blame for your failures. You are responsible for the good and bad in your life.
Albert Einstein was an avid violinist. He believed that working with his hands in this way and playing music helped his thinking process as well. In
Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
To have a good enemy, choose a friend: He knows where to strike. DIANF DE POITIERS, 1499-1566, MISTRESS OF HENRI II OF FRANCE
Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.
Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
Learn to use the knowledge of the past and you will look like a genius, even when you are really just a clever borrower.
If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness.
Power is a game, and in games you do not judge your opponents by their intentions but by the effects of their actions.
Confidence is important, but if it is not based on a realistic appraisal of who you are, it is mere grandiosity and smugness.
Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.
The people with money were meddling in mechanical and design affairs. They were interjecting their mediocre ideas into the process and polluting it.
Boldness ... is outer directed ... and makes others feel more at ease because it's less self-conscious.
It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
Any titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect.
Our successes and failures in life can be traced to how well or how badly we deal with the inevitable conflicts that confront us in society.
Establishing your differences with the mentor is an important part of your self-development, whether he is of the good or bad parent type.
So I'd gotten rid of that negativity and I'd show, Well, here's something done right. Here's the mistake, but here's how to fix the mistake.
So much of power is not what you do but what you do not do - the rash and foolish actions that you refrain from before they get you into trouble.
Absence diminishes minor passions and inflames great ones, as the wind douses a candle and fans a fire. La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680 OBSERVANCE
Take special note of how people respond to stressful situations - often the mask they wear in public falls off in the heat of the moment.
When you reveal the inner workings of your creation, you become just one mere mortal among others. What is understandable is not awe inspiring
In the opening stage of most careers any attention is what you want, any attention is good attention, even if it's bad attention.
Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers.