The worst thing is to sit and whine and complain and obsess about money as if that were the only sign of your worth as a human.
ROBERT GREENEBecome who you are by learning who you are.
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The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.
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We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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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.
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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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It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.
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You’re not going to be persistent and tenacious enough if you don’t love what you’re doing. If it’s not something that excites you, that appeals to you deep down inside.
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
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All the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money.
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Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.
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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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