Power Robert Greene Quotes

#1. Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind doth waste their power, But by her breath her beauties to renew.

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#2. 50 is a great person. I was a little intimidated when I met him for the first time in 2006. I didn't know what to expect. It ended up we got along really well. That's why we decided to do a book together, The 50th Law of Power.

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#3. Power is a game, and in games you do not judge your opponents by their intentions but by the effects of their actions.

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#4. Power goes to those who end the revolution. Not the one who starts it.

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#5. Power is essentially amoral and one of the most important skills to acquire is the ability to see circumstances rather than good or evil. Power is a game - this cannot be repeated too often - and in games you do not judge your opponents by their intentions but by the effect of their actions.

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#6. What offers immediate pleasure comes to seem like a distraction, an empty entertainment to help pass the time. Real pleasure comes from overcoming challenges, feeling confidence in your abilities, gaining fluency in skills, and experiencing the power this brings.

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#7. If I could simplify the whole game of power and strategy in one equation, it would all hinge on the capacity to see events around you exactly as they are. The closer your mind is to reality, the better your strategies, your responses in life.

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#8. So much of power is not what you do but what you do not do - the rash and foolish actions that you refrain from before they get you into trouble.

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#9. Real pleasure comes from overcoming challenges, feeling confidence in your abilities, gaining fluency in skills, and experiencing the power this brings. You develop patience. Boredom no longer signals the need for distraction, but rather the need for new challenges to conquer.

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

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#11. Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.

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#12. I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.

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#13. Without a worthy opponent a man or group cannot grow stronger.

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#14. Hesitation creates gaps. Boldness obliterates them.

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#15. Half of your mastery of power comes from what you do NOT do, what you do not ALLOW yourself to get dragged into.

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#16. But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will tun wild and cause you grief.

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#17. An emotional response to a situation is the single greatest barrier to power, a mistake that will cost you a lot more than any temporary satisfaction you might gain by expressing your feelings.

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#18. Power rarely ends up in the hands of those who start a revolution, or even those who further it; power sticks to those who bring it to a conclusion

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#19. To succeed in the game of power, you have to master your emotions. But even if you succeed in gaining such self-control, you can never control the temperamental dispositions of those around you. And this presents a great danger.

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#20. Everybody in life is struggling for power, and some people use morality and righteousness as a weapon, while others use different means, even passive aggression. From a distance, we are all fighting, and I am looking at this from a distance.

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#21. We are a social animal, power only exists in a social sense, we have to work in groups.

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#22. Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.

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#23. Money must circulate to bring power.

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#24. Deception is a developed art of civilization and the most potent weapon in the game of power

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#25. Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of power.

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#26. We happen to live in an era that is incredibly wrapped up in notions of political correctness; everything is seen through the lens of politics. But being political and politically correct is just another way of fighting, another form of power and strategy, an insidious means of manipulation.

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#27. Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emperors crown themselves.

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#28. You have the power to think differently about who you are. You have the ability to turn off the critical voice inside of you. That's not you. That's coming from the culture. That's coming from the outside of you. You've internalized the voice of your parents, your teachers, your friends.

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#29. If you're in your early twenties, don't put so much importance on the money, on the raise. Getting an extra thousand dollars a year is okay, but the real thing is the responsibility and the power and the experience that you're learning.

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#30. When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.

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