Explore Quotes by Robert Collier

The essence of this law is that you must think abundance; see abundance, feel abundance, believe abundance. Let no thought of limitation enter your mind.

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

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.

Sooner or later comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time, every form of life has been called upon to meet such crisis.

Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.

First the stalk — then the roots. First the need — then the means to satisfy that need . First the nucleus — then the elements needed for its growth. The seed is a primary cause. The need, the nucleus, both are primary causes. Conditions — they are secondary. Given enough life in the nucleus, it will draw to itself the necessary means for growth regardless of conditions.

Supply always comes on the heels of demand.

Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated.

Very few persons, comparatively, know how to Desire with sufficient intensity. They do not know what it is to feel and manifest that intense, eager, longing, craving, insistent, demanding, ravenous Desire which is akin to the persistent, insistent, ardent, overwhelming desire of the drowning man for a breath of air; of the shipwrecked or desert-lost man for a drink of water; of the famished man for bread and meat.

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.

It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it.

Desire is proof of the availability.

First the stalk - then the roots. First the need - then the means to satisfy that need. First the nucleus -then the elements needed for its growth.

A single idea - the sudden flash of a thought - may be worth a million dollars.

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

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

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

You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be.

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.

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

See things as you would have them be, instead of as they are.