Robert Collier Quotes

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.

You are today the result of your thoughts of yesterday, and the many yesterdays preceeding it. You are forming today the mold for what you will be in the years to come.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

See things that you want as already yours. Know that they will come to you at need. Then let them come. Don't fret and worry about them. Don't think about your lack of them. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.

Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin.

All power is from within and therefore under our control

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.

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.

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

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?

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.

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows
nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will
make the goal.