Robert Greene Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent The 48 Laws of Power

2. Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to take offense, which may make you misjudge the thickness of their skin, and fail to worry about insulting them. But should you offend their honor and their pride, they will overwhelm you with a violence that seems sudden and extreme given their slowness to anger. If you want to turn people down, it is best to do so politely and respectfully, even if you feel their request is impudent or their offer ridiculous. The 48 Laws of Power

3. Results are important, but the way they are achieved, the process, is equally important. The Laws of Human Nature

4. Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter The 48 Laws of Power

5. the source of their success (the various power players in history) could almost always be traced to one single skill or unique quality that separated them form the others. The 50th Law

6. 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 The 48 Laws of Power

7. 12--Lose Battles, But Win The War: Grand StrategyGrand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it. The 33 Strategies of War

8. Express what others are afraid to express and they will see great power in you. The Art of Seduction

9. If you have the kind of intelligence and instinct that will point you in the right direction, playing the rebel will not be dangerous. But if you are mediocre ... you are better off learning from your predecessor's knowledge and experience, which are based on something real. The 48 Laws of Power

10. If you work hard, you will make your way to the inner circle of knowledge. That is the end goal of mastery: an inside-out understanding. The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature

11. Immerse yourself in the world or the industry that you wish to master. The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature

12. LAW 25Re-Create YourselfDo not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life. The 48 Laws of Power

13. LAW 38Think As You Like But Behave Like OthersIf you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them. They will find a way to punish you for making them feel inferior. It is far safer to blend in and nurture the common touch. Share your originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness. The 48 Laws of Power

14. LAW 4 Always Say Less Than Necessary When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish. The 48 Laws of Power

15. LAW 46Never Appear Too PerfectAppearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable. Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with impunity. The 48 Laws of Power

16. The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus. Mastery

17. Things that happened hundreds of years ago are very much a part of your thinking right now...The past lives in us.

18. Through our work and through getting what we need on our own, without depending on others, we can stand tall and realize our potential as humans. The Laws of Human Nature