“Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emperors crown themselves.” — Robert Greene Audacity Copy Share Image
To me, no matter what we do, we all strive for that experience. — Robert Greene Experience Copy Share Image
Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to… — Robert Greene Art Copy Share Image
Power works best when it is indirect - never coercing people; instead, getting them to voluntarily align with your interests. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you. — Robert Greene Direction Copy Share Image
A noble mind disdains to hide his head, And let his foes triumph in his overthrow. — Robert Greene Disdain Copy Share Image
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. — Robert Greene Art Copy Share Image
If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Some people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Passive aggressors who are adept at this will have trained themselves to remain calm, while you get irritated and emotional. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
On woman Nature did bestow two eyes, Like Hemian's bright lamps, in matchless beauty shining, Whose beams do soonest captivate the wise… — Robert Greene Art Copy Share Image
Movie theaters barely make any money. A movie can make a couple of thousand dollars, or could get lucky and make ten… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
With such a deep rooted interest you can withstand the setbacks and failures, the days of drudgery, and the hard work that… — Robert Greene Action Copy Share Image
When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Over the years I've met quite a few big rappers. Then it exploded with 50 Cent, and I did a book with… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Compared to other animals, we humans enter the world remarkably weak and helpless. We remain relatively weak for many years before we… — Robert Greene Animals Copy Share Image
We happen to live in an era that is incredibly wrapped up in notions of political correctness; everything is seen through the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're in a subordinate position of some sort and pretty much all of us are at some point in our lives,… — Robert Greene Envy Copy Share Image
A lot of the things that involve power on the highest levels sometimes involve the darker side of human psychology. People can… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“At your birth a seed is planted. That seed is your uniqueness. It wants to grow, transform itself, and flower to its… — Robert Greene Birth Copy Share Image
Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power,… — Robert Greene Antony Copy Share Image
“Prize intensity more than extensity. Perfection resides in quality, not quantity. Extent alone never rises above mediocrity, and it is the misfortune… — Robert Greene Excellence Copy Share Image
“Your false self is the accumulation of all the voice you have internalized from other people-parents and friends who want you to… — Robert Greene Friendship Copy Share Image
I believe that everybody was born with a kind of uniqueness. There is never going to be somebody else with the same… — Robert Greene Artist Copy Share Image
“We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of dreams, desires,… — Robert Greene Creativity Copy Share Image
Real action and true helpfulness are perhaps the ultimate charm. — Robert Greene Action Copy Share Image
Stupidity and human incompetence are the great evils, not ambition and glory. — Robert Greene Ambition Copy Share Image
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