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Quote by Robert Greene

“Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter”

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Robert Greene is an American author known for his works on power, strategy, and human behavior. His books delve into the principles of power operation and how individuals can achieve success in complex social environments. more

“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).”

Men Matter Facts Social Born Practice Saws Habit Setting Settings Life And Death Awkward Boldness Battlefields

Author:Robert Greene

“Understand: people will constantly attack you in life. One of their main weapons will be to instill in you doubts about yourself – your worth, your abilities, your potential. They will often disguise this as their objective opinion, but invariably it has a political purpose – they want to keep you down.”

People Want Political Purpose Ability Opinion Doubt Weapons Objectives About Yourself Disguise Instill

Author:Robert Greene

“Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.”

Trying Complaining Justify

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“No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you.”

Giving Facts Helping Odds

Book:The Concise Mastery

Source: The Concise Mastery

“People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.”

People Ideas Moments Desire Hours Emotion Particular Assuming Mood Statements Permanent Never Assume

Book:Mastery

Source: Mastery

“In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are overwhelmed by them -- those who can acquire skills and discipline their minds and those who are irrevocably distracted by all the media around them and can enver focus enough to learn.”

Mind Enough Focus Media Discipline Skills Handle Complexity Acquire Division Overwhelmed Distracted

Book:Mastery

Source: Mastery

“The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.”

Focus Dependent Intensity Mastery

Book:Mastery

Source: Mastery

“Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.”

Enemy Worst Realms Transformed Stable Closest

Author:Robert Greene

“The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.”

Way Creative Skills Mastery

Author:Robert Greene

“The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive.”

Attitude Destructive Ironic Passive Pathetic

Author:Robert Greene

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