Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

Children are sensitive and receptive to the thoughts of others about them, and often outpicture the fears of their parents.

Do not neglect the day of small things, for little beginnings have big endings

All things whatsoever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." "You must act as if you had already received.

Man's word is his wand filled with magic and power! Man comes into the world financed by God, with all that he desires or requires already on his pathway. This supply is released through faith and the Spoken Word. If thou canst believe, all things are possible.

When you send out real love, real love will return to you.

Gratitude is the law of increase, and complaint is the law of decrease.

Bills should be paid cheerfully, all money should be sent forth fearlessly and with a blessing.

Although some people think that life is a battle, it is actually a game of giving and receiving.

All that is mine by Divine Right is now released and reaches me in great avalanches of abundance, under grace in miraculous ways.

After man knows the truth, he cannot be too careful of his words.

Man can change his conditions by changing his words.

One's ships come in over a calm sea.

I look with wonder at that which is before me.

The Light of the Christ within now wipes out all fear, doubt, anger and resentment. God's love pours through me, an irresistible magnetic current. I see only perfection and draw to me my own.

It is man's only enemy - fear of lack, fear of failure, fear of sickness, fear of loss and a feeling of insecurity on some plane. Jesus Christ said: "Why are ye fearful, oh ye of little faith?" (Mat. 8:26) So we can see we

I am fully equipped for the Divine Plan of my life,

Man must prepare for the thing he has asked for, when there isn't the slightest sign of it in sight.

Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.

When man can "wish away worrying," every desire will be instantly fulfilled.

Man can only be what he sees himself to be, and only attain what he sees himself attaining.

Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.

Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.

Man's only enemies are within himself.

Before ye call I shall answer." This means that "every good and perfect gift" is already man's awaiting his recognition.

The superconscious mind is the God Mind within each man, and is the realm of perfect ideas.

Happiness and health must be earned by absolute control of the emotional nature.

We should have signs in the subways and shops "Watch your thoughts!" "Watch your words!

Is inverted to faith. It is faith turned upside down. When

I will restore to you the years the locusts have eaten.

So we see, to play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty.

if you run away your problems will run after you. Be undisturbed by a situation, and it will fall away of its own weight.

We prove God by showing active faith, which puts to flight all adverse appearances

Unexpected doors fly open, unexpected channels are free, and endless avalanches of abundance are poured out upon me, under grace in perfect ways.

The thing man seeks is seeking him - the telephone was seeking Bell!

Never do today what intuition says to do tomorrow.

Perfect self-expression will never be labor; but of such absorbing interest that it will seem almost like play.

So we see man's work is ever with himself.

Infinite Spirit, open the way for my great abundance. I am an irresistible magnet for all that belongs to me by Divine Right.

The first start toward success is to be glad you are yourself.

And worry are twins and are the same thing. If

The Bible is a book dealing with the science of the mind.

Change your thoughts, and in the twinkling of an eye, all your conditions change. Your world is a world of crystallized ideas, crystallized words. Sooner or later, you reap the fruits of your words and thoughts.

The light of lights streams through my mind, body, and affairs, revealing all in Divine order. I see clearly there are no obstacles on my pathway. I see clearly the open road of fulfillment.

I do not limit God by seeing limitation in myself. With God and myself all things are possible.

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'

Intuition means, intuition, or to be taught from within. It is man's unerring guide,

I have a wonderful joy in a wonderful way and my wonderful joy has come to stay.

The Chinese say that water is the most powerful element, because it is perfectly nonresistant. It can wear away a rock, and sweep all before it.

Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.

There is no there---there is only here.

That one with God is a majority.

We must stop planning, plotting and scheming, and let Infinite Intelligence solve the problem in its own way.

There are no lost opportunities in Divine Mind, as one door shuts another door is opened.

Every person is a golden link in the chain of my good.

Every thought, every word is impressed upon it and carried out in amazing detail. It is like a singer making a record on the sensitive disc of the phonographic plate. Every note and tone of the singer's voice is registered. If he coughs or hesitates, it is registered also. So let us break all the old bad records in the subconscious mind, the records of our lives which we do not wish to keep, and make new and beautiful ones. Speak

What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.

We must substitute fear for faith, for fear is only inverted faith; it is faith in evil instead of good.

There is no separation in Divine Mind, therefore, I cannot be separated from the love and companionship which are mine by divine right.

There is an old saying that man only dares use his words for three purposes, to "heal, bless or prosper." What man says of others will be said of him, and what he wishes for another, he is wishing for himself.

This means, agree that the adverse situation is good, be undisturbed by it, and it falls away of its own weight. "None of these things move me," is a wonderful affirmation. The

There is a supply for every demand.

I believe your trouble, which is a congestion, has come from having things stored away. Congestion of things causes congestion in the body.

Anger without power is folly.

Man's freedom comes through fulfilling his destiny, bringing into manifestation the Divine Design of his life.

If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for.

The robbers of time are the past and the future. Man should bless the past, and forget it, if it keeps him in bondage, and bless the future, knowing it has in store for him endless joys, but live fully in the now.

YOUR WORD IS YOUR WAND. THE WORDS YOU SPEAK CREATE YOUR OWN DESTINY

No man is an enemy. No man is a friend. Everyman is a teacher

People think by running away from a negative situation, they will be rid of it, but the same situation confronts them wherever they go. They will meet the same experiences until they have learned their lessons.

Fear and impatience demagnetize. Poise magnetizes.

I find however, this will not "work" when man has advanced spiritually and

Now is the appointed time. Today is the day of my amazing good fortune.

Nothing stands between man and his highest ideals and every desire of his heart, but doubt and fear.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Nothing on earth can resist an absolutely non-resistant person.

When one has made his demands upon the Universal, he must be ready for surprises. Everything may seem to be going wrong, when in reality, it is going right.

Spiritual development means the ability to stand still, or stand aside, and let Infinite Intelligence lift your burdens and fight your battles.

People little dream of how their affairs react on the body. There is a mental correspondence for every disease.

Unforgiveness is the most prolific cause of disease. It will harden arteries or liver, and affect the eye-sight. In its train are endless ills.

That belongs to her by divine right. I told her to repeat it continually also.

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and if there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.