The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess. — Robert Greene Authority Copy Share Image
I like lecturing and going around the world and giving talks and I like doing consulting and helping people. — Robert Greene Around the world Copy Share Image
Ah Franion, treason is loved of many, but the Traitor hated of all: unjust offences may for a time escape without danger,… — Robert Greene Danger Copy Share Image
When there are no other options, people fight harder. If the choice is life or death they have nothing to lose. — Robert Greene Choice Copy Share Image
“The mighty lion toys with the mouse that crosses his path—any other reaction would mar his fearsome reputation.” — Robert Greene Lion Copy Share Image
Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay. — Robert Greene Affair Copy Share Image
“It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as… — Robert Greene Conscious effort Copy Share Image
Often people become our friend or follower with an undercurrent of resentment in our having more success than they have. They secretly… — Robert Greene Desire Copy Share Image
Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people… — Robert Greene Control Copy Share Image
“Once Count Victor Lustig, swindler par excellence, had sold dozens of suckers around the country a phony box with which he claimed… — Robert Greene Money Copy Share Image
If a person is successful, we imagine they are probably also ethical, conscientious and deserving of their good fortune. This obscures the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person that wants to analyze and I think having a background in, strangely enough, in like literature and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into… — Robert Greene Confidence Copy Share Image
Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or… — Robert Greene Ambition Copy Share Image
If we were controlling the performance, we never would have had someone push a button to make the pellet stove come on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“There are three kinds of time for us to deal with; each presents problems that can be solved with skill and practice.… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“A heckler once interrupted Nikita Khrushchev in the middle of a speech in which he was denouncing the crimes of Stalin. “You… — Robert Greene Communication Copy Share Image
If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox way, people will think that you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're consumed only with the big dream, you're going to die because you won't be able to feed yourself or you're… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The idea of social performance, that we're always performing identities, is something I got fairly obsessed with. I think it's probably because… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I've always loved black culture; I don't know any other way to put it. Since I was a kid I loved music… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies. — Robert Greene Education Copy Share Image
Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his… — Robert Greene Fear Copy Share Image
Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you… — Robert Greene Deep desire Copy Share Image
True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“En este mundo no harás nada que valga la pena si no empiezas por desarrollarte y transformarte a ti mismo. ESTRATEGIAS” — Robert Greene Amor Copy Share Image
It's fortunately a kind of society we live in where we can be diverse. People can take different paths and not feel… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I've always been intrigued by fighter pilots and strategy because it occurs in like, milliseconds, you know. — Robert Greene Fighter Copy Share Image
The wrong way to look at your university life is to say it's like job training, unless you're going into something very… — Robert Greene Education Copy Share Image
Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside. — Robert Greene Brutal Copy Share Image
I think the homeless thing is very interesting and I think is an incredible exercise. — Robert Greene Exercise Copy Share Image
I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the… — Robert Greene Ideas Copy Share Image
Your unhappiness is a way of speaking to you, it's telling you something isn't right. — Robert Greene Happiness Copy Share Image
A child wants things to be a certain way. When you get to be an adult, you just understand that some people… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It's okay to be kind of looking for what you want and trying out all kinds of different ideas and different course… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The things that transfixed you as a child, that you found most exciting was not a passing fancy, but a message about… — Robert Greene Children Copy Share Image
