“Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Words, Saying Less, Power
“Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Secrets
“To succeed in the game of power, you have to master your emotions.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Success, Emotion, Feelings
“Be royal in your own fashion. Act like a king to be treated like one.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Respect
“When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Success
“Teach no one your tricks or they will be used against you.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Secret, tricks
“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.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Words, Saying Less, Power
“If there is something you want but you cannot have, show contempt for it. The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Respect
“The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves, they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Success, People, Happiness
“Give people options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Secret, Option
“You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Greatness, Value
“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.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Envy, Showing Off
“Never seem to be in a hurry -- hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Respect, Time, Patience
“Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.’”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, bold, Confidence
“The key to power, then, is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Work, Success, It's Okay To Have Dumb Friends?
“Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power
“Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Reputation, Gossip
“Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Attention, Mystery
“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. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define it for you.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Attention, Image, Originality
“Be wary of friends—they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Friends, enemies, Frenemies
“It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, actions
“When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more. Avoid the temptation of revealing how hard you work -- it only raises questions.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Effort, pretending
“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.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Greatness, actions
“Know who you're dealing with. Do not offend the wrong person.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Greatness, People
“Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others -- playing people against one another, making them pursue you.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Greatness, People, Commitment
“Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables; be deliberately unpredictable.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Greatness, Predictability
“The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Greatness, Value
“Never be distracted by people’s glamorous portraits of themselves and their lives; search and dig for what really imprisons them.”— Robert Greene, amazon.comTagged: Power, Success