Robert Greene Quotes

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• Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to you, a specific rhythm and perspective that are your strengths, not your weaknesses. You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you.

  Robert Greene

  Character, Unique, Thinking

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• True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

  Robert Greene

  Lying, Presence Of Mind, Self

  Source: powerseductionandwar.com

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  Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

  Robert Greene

  Mind, Pay, Waste

  Twitter post from Mar 16, 2016

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  You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

  Robert Greene

  Your Future, Be Prepared, Headings

  Twitter post from Jan 14, 2016

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• Understand: people will constantly attack you in life. One of their main weapons will be to instill in you doubts about yourself – your worth, your abilities, your potential. They will often disguise this as their objective opinion, but invariably it has a political purpose – they want to keep you down.

  Robert Greene

  People, Political, Doubt

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• Win through your actions, never through argument.

  Robert Greene

  Winning, Action, Argument

  Twitter post from Nov 28, 2016

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• No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

  Robert Greene

  Lessons, Pay, Attention

  Robert Greene (2012). “Mastery”, p.256, Profile Books

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• The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.

  Robert Greene

  Skills, Creative, Mastery

  Twitter post from Jan 31, 2017

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• The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

  Robert Greene

  Roles, World, Want

  Twitter post from Feb 15, 2016

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• Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or because you are waiting for the perfect time. This kind of failure you can never learn from, and such timidity will destroy you. The second kind comes from a bold and venturesome spirit. If you fail in this way, the hit that you take to your reputation is greatly outweighed by what you learn. Repeated failure will toughen your spirit and show you with absolute clarity how things must be done.

  Robert Greene

  Thinking, Ideas, Two

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• The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.

  Robert Greene

  People, Broken, Moments

  Robert Greene (2010). “The Art Of Seduction”, p.14, Profile Books

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• Become who you are by learning who you are.

  Robert Greene

  Who You Are

  Robert Greene (2012). “Mastery”, p.29, Penguin

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• Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

  Robert Greene

  Focus, Mastery, Genius

  Robert Greene (2012). “Mastery”, p.263, Profile Books

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• I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.

  Robert Greene

  Believe, Blessing, Everything Happens For A Reason

  Source: powerseductionandwar.com

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• You have the power to think differently about who you are. You have the ability to turn off the critical voice inside of you. That's not you. That's coming from the culture. That's coming from the outside of you. You've internalized the voice of your parents, your teachers, your friends.

  Robert Greene

  Teacher, Thinking, Voice

  Source: thematinggrounds.com

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• Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.

  Robert Greene

  Trying, Complaining, Justify

  Twitter post from Oct 01, 2014

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• Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

  Robert Greene

  Patience, Fall, Ambition

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• Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent

  Robert Greene

  Success, Competent

  Twitter post from Sep 26, 2014

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• People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.

  Robert Greene

  Ideas, People, Desire

  Robert Greene (2012). “Mastery”, p.146, Profile Books

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• Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.

  Robert Greene

  Art, Goal, Focus

  Twitter post from Sep 30, 2014

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• Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

  Robert Greene

  Funny, Hater, Enemy

  Twitter post from Apr 18, 2015

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• Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.

  Robert Greene

  Honesty, Air, Quality

  Robert Greene (2010). “The 48 Laws Of Power”, p.22, Profile Books

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• Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.

  Robert Greene

  Powerful, Thinking, Ill Will

  Robert Greene (2010). “The 48 Laws Of Power”, p.10, Profile Books

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• Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous

  Robert Greene

  Animal, Dangerous, Smallest

  Twitter post from Nov 1, 2017

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• There is something I call social intelligence. You can do a lot in life on your own and you can do all kinds of stuff, but if you're really bad with people, if you're really naive or aggressive and push people away, if you don't know the political environment you're in, it invalidates all the things you know. You're not going to get anywhere.

  Robert Greene

  People, Political, Stuff

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