"Think of it this way: There are two……" — Robert Greene
"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
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
108 Quotes by Robert Greene
Robert Greene has 108 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind…
-
The quiet mind is richer than a crown....Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss beggars enjoy when princes…
-
People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.
-
Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative…
-
When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
-
When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and…
-
If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your…
-
Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
-
Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
-
Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone…
-
There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.
-
Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are…
See all 108 quotes by Robert Greene »
More Absolute Quotes
This quote is filed under Absolute Quotes,
one of 1,809 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become…
— Giorgio Armani
-
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
— Lord Acton
-
A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity,…
— Mikhail Bakunin
-
But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and…
— Mikhail Bakunin
-
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
— Henry Adams
-
What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially…
— Dave Barry
-
No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath…
— Bruce Barton
-
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point…
— Simone de Beauvoir
-
It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas…
— Simone de Beauvoir
-
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.
— Sarah Bernhardt
-
The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.
— Aneurin Bevan
-
Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
— Theodor Adorno
See all 1,809 Absolute Quotes »