Quotes from Robert Collier

I am going to start posting quotes that inspire me...these are from Robert Collier who was one of the founders of the Unity Church...and an early proponent of positive thinking, and one of the people who inspired the book and DVD, 'The Secret"... read them as needed ;)

Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.

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

Constant repetition carries conviction.

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.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

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

If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.

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.

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.

Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don't merely dream - but create!

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.

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind.

Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

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

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

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

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.

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.

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

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.

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

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.
Robert Collier