quotes by Robert Greene

"If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid."
— Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

"Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist."
— Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

"There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.

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— Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

"Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think."
— Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

"Few are born bold. Even Napoleon had to cultivate the habit on the battlefield, where he knew it was a matter of life and death. In social settings he was awkward and timid, but he overcame this and practice boldness in every part of his life because he saw its tremendous power, how it could literally enlarge a man(even one who, like Napoleon, was in fact conspicuously small).

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— Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

"When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others"
— Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

"Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent"
— Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

"Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown..."
— Robert Greene