Robert Greene Quotes

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• The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
• You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.
• Our times might emphasize equality, which we then mistake for the need for everyone to be the same, but what we really mean by this…
• Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
• The need for certainty is the greatest disease the Mind faces
• When you raise your opinion of yourself and what you are capable of it has a decided influence on what you do.
• The Crown. Place it upon your head and you assume a different post-tranquil yet radiating assurance. Never show doubt, never lose your dignity beneath the…
• Waste brings woe, and sorrow hates despair.
• Thy breath is like the steame of apple-pyes.
• Real action and true helpfulness are perhaps the ultimate charm.
• Be relentless in your pursuit for expansion.
• Always say less than necessary.
• What will seduce a person is the effort we expend on their behalf, showing how much we care, how much they are worth. Leaving things…
• Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
• You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
• Win through your actions, never through argument.
• For the future, the motto is, "No days unalert."
• In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine,…
• We must create our own world or we will die from inaction
• Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of…

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