Collier was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 19, 1885. He was the nephew of Peter Fenelon Collier, founder of Collier’s Weekly. He was involved in writing, editing, and research for most of his life. His book, The Secret of the Ages, sold over 300,000 copies during his life. Collier wrote about the practical psychology of abundance, desire, faith, visualization, confident action, and becoming your best.

Robert Collier Publications, Inc., still exists through the efforts of his widow and now his children and grandchildren and now even his great grandchildren. Collier’s Books have recently been brought back to prominence from being referenced in the popular metaphysical movie The Secret. Moreover, Robert Collier’s books have been popular with self help and New thought.

1. If you don’t make things happen then things will happen to you.

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.