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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.

Robert Collier

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Robert Collier
Age: 64 †
Born: 1885
Born: April 19
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
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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.
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Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.
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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.
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All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas - not money.
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If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.
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Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.
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The great thing is the start - to see an opportunity for service, and to start doing it, even though in the beginning you serve but a single customer - and him for nothing.
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As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!
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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.
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You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods.
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You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.
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Your belief that you can do the thing gives your thought forces their power.
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Everything in God's store is on the bottom shelf...you have to get on your knees to get it.
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