Robert Greene Quotes

American author

Robert Greene (born May 14, 1959, in Los Angeles) is an American author specializing in books about strategy, power and seduction. His first book was The 48 Laws of Power (1998), which became a best-seller with more than 1 million copies sold in the US.

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A sense of urgency comes from a powerful connection to the present.

The odds against you being born as you are are beyond astronomical.

What matters is not education or money, but your persistence and the intensity of your desire to learn; that failures, mistakes, and conflicts are often the best education of all; and how true creativity and mastery emerge from all this.

Immerse yourself in the world or the industry that you wish to master.

We are entering a world in which we can rely less and less upon the state, the corporation, or family or friends to help and protect us.

It is a globalized, harshly competitive environment.

We must learn to develop ourselves.

Being self-reliant is critical. To make yourself less dependent on others and so-called experts, you need to expand your repertoire of skills.

The brain is designed to learn through constant repetition and active, hands-on involvement. Through such practice and persistence, any skill can be mastered.

At all times you must attend to those around you, gauging their particular psychology, tailoring your words to what you know will entice them. This requires energy and art.

Make a list of the people in your life who live with purpose. Prioritize spending more time with them.

You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.

Lead from the front: let your soldiers see you in the trenches, making sacrifices for the cause

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.

Think back on the moments when you felt deeply and personally connected to an activity.

Think about the pleasure it brought you.

In such activities are signs of your true purpose.

The worst kind of people is anyone who’s insecure.

Put yourself in situations where you have too much at stake to waste time or resources—if you cannot afford to lose, you won’t. Place yourself on “death ground,” where your back is against the wall and you have to fight like hell to get out alive.