Re-Create Yourself: Do 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.

Robert Greene

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay

Robert Greene

Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are.

Robert Greene

Concentrate on a single goal, a single task, and beat it into submission.

Robert Greene

Make the mind tougher by exposing it to adversity.

Robert Greene

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

Robert Greene

People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.

Robert Greene

Focus on your greater goal, your destiny.

Robert Greene

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

Robert Greene

The ability to measure people and to know who you're dealing with is the most important skill of all in gathering and conserving power.

Robert Greene

Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity.

Robert Greene

Realize this: In your struggle for power you will stir up rivalries and create enemies.

Robert Greene