Quotes from Robert Collier

Think of things not as they are, but as they might be... Don't merely dream... but create..

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

The World's Greatest Discovery "You can do as much as you think you can, But you'll never accomplish more; If you're afraid of yourself, young man, There's little for you in store. For failure comes from the inside first, It's there if we only knew it, And you can win, though you face the worst, If you feel that you're going to do it." —EDGAR A. GUEST.

The great successful men of the work have used their imagination…they think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details, filling in there, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building – steadily building.

You have to compete in the same way for your reader's attention. He is not looking for your letter. He has a thousand and one other things more important to him to occupy his mind. Why should he divert his attention from them to plow through pages of type about you or your projects?

TODAY. Repeat to yourself, the first thing upon awakening in the morning and the last thing before going to sleep at night—"My body was made in the image and likeness of God. God first imagined it in its entirety, therefore every cell and bone and tissue is perfect, every organ and muscle performing its proper function. That is the only model of me in Universal Mind. That is the only model of me that my Subconscious Mind knows.

A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jellyfish and a saurian, A cave where the cave men dwell; Then a sense of law and order, A face upturned from the clod; Some call it Evolution, And others call it God." Reprinted from The New England Journal.

The power for happiness, for good, for everything we need of life is within each one of us. The power is there - unlimited power.

It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.

Your real self - the I am I - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.

The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.

Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.

People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves.

If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.

Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.

Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build.

See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.

Before you put pen to paper, before you ring for your stenographer, decide in your own mind what effect you want to produce on your reader — what feeling you must arouse in him.

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door.

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes - and is ready to receive it.