You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
ROBERT GREENEIf you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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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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You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.
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I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.
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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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Win through your actions, never through argument.
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Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.
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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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If you’re really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you’re going to get it.
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The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further, on and on.
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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self – our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.
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