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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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Robert Collier
Age: 64 †
Born: 1885
Born: April 19
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Knees
Stores
Bottom
Everything
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Shelves

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