Florence Shinn Quotes & Sayings

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. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

One's ships come in over a calm sea. — Florence Scovel Shinn

There is a supply for every demand. — Florence Scovel Shinn

The only person to change, is yourself. As you change, all the conditions around you will change! People will change! When you are undisturbed by a situation it falls away of its own weight. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Infinite Spirit, open the way — Florence Scovel Shinn

You must form the habit of living in the fourth dimension, "The World of the Wondrous." It is the world where you do not judge by appearances. — Florence Scovel Shinn

So we see man's work is ever with himself. — Florence Scovel Shinn

There is an old saying: No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Endless good now comes to me in endless ways. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Man should receive gracefully the bread returning to him upon the water - freely ye have given, freely ye shall receive. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

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

YOUR WORD IS YOUR WAND. THE WORDS YOU SPEAK CREATE YOUR OWN DESTINY — Florence Scovel Shinn

There is no there---there is only here. — Florence Scovel Shinn

No man is a success in business unless he loves his work. — Florence Scovel Shinn

The perfect plan includes health, wealth, love and perfect selfexpression. This is the square of life, which brings perfect happiness. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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. — Florence Scovel Shinn

You can control any situation if you first control yourself. — Florence Scovel Shinn

After man knows the truth, he cannot be too careful of his words. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Make an affirmation immediately upon waking. — Florence Scovel Shinn

The thing man seeks is seeking him - the telephone was seeking Bell! — Florence Scovel Shinn

The Divine Plan unfolds through following intuition. — Florence Scovel Shinn

When you send out real love, real love will return to you. — Florence Scovel Shinn

All obstacles now vanish from my pathway. Doors fly open, gates are lifted and I enter the kingdom of fulfillment, under grace. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

Happy is the mother who can say sincerely, that she puts her child in God's hands, and knows therefore, that he is divinely protected. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

I am fully equipped for the Divine Plan of my life, — Florence Scovel Shinn

We should have signs in the subways and shops "Watch your thoughts!" "Watch your words! — Florence Scovel Shinn

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. — Florence Scovel Shinn

All disease has a mental correspondence, and in order to heal the body one must first 'heal the soul'. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

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

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

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

Happiness and health must be earned by absolute control of the emotional nature. — Florence Scovel Shinn

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. — Florence Scovel Shinn

I find however, this will not "work" when man has advanced spiritually and — Florence Scovel Shinn

When man can "wish away worrying," every desire will be instantly fulfilled. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

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

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

I have a wonderful joy in a wonderful way and my wonderful joy has come to stay. — Florence Scovel Shinn

There is a place that you are to fill and no one else can fill, something you are to do, which no one else can do. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

You must live fully in the now to make your dreams come true. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Do not neglect the day of small things, for little beginnings have big endings — Florence Scovel Shinn

A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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 — Florence Scovel Shinn

The real man, spiritual man, is birthless and deathless! He never was born and has never died - As he was in the beginning, he is now, and ever shall be! — Florence Scovel Shinn

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. — Florence Scovel Shinn

And worry are twins and are the same thing. If — Florence Scovel Shinn

Man's only enemies are within himself. — Florence Scovel Shinn

The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Giving opens the way for receiving. — Florence Scovel Shinn

I will restore to you the years the locusts have eaten. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Isaiah said, "My word shall not return unto me void, but shall accomplish that where it is sent. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

You may think that all your happiness depends upon obtaining one particular thing in life; later on, you praise the Lord that you didn't get it. — Florence Scovel Shinn

I look with wonder at that which is before me. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

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

Giving opens the way for receiving. In order to create activity in finances, one should give. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Man can change his conditions by changing his words. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Divine Mind (man's own superconscious mind) — Florence Scovel Shinn

The kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you, and he said the Kingdom was within man. The Kingdom is the realm of right ideas, or the divine pattern. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Now is the appointed time. Today is the day of my amazing good fortune. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Anger without power is folly. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Rejection is protection. — Florence Scovell Shinn

Fear and impatience demagnetize. Poise magnetizes. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

What is really yours? The blessings you bring to yourself, through your spoken or silent word, the things you see with your inner eye. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Never do today what intuition says to do tomorrow. — Florence Scovel Shinn

We prove God by showing active faith, which puts to flight all adverse appearances — Florence Scovel Shinn

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. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

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 — Florence Scovel Shinn

Every person is a golden link in the chain of my good. — Florence Scovel Shinn

If you do not run your subconscious mind yourself, someone else will run it for you. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Knows a higher law. One cannot turn back, and must put away graven images. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

The Bible is a book dealing with the science of the mind. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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 — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

So long as man resists a situation, he will have it with him. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

The first start toward success is to be glad you are yourself. — Florence Scovel Shinn

That one with God is a majority. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Today is a day of completion; I give thanks for this perfect day, miracle shall follow miracle and wonders shall never cease. — Florence Scovel Shinn

It would not be necessary to make an affirmation more than once if one had perfect faith. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Behold, I make all things new. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Through his spoken word, man is continually making laws for himself. — Florence Scovel Shinn