Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

“A keen observer of life once said, 'No man can fail, if some one person sees him successful.'

Such is the power of the vision, and many a great man owed his success to a wife, or sister, or a friend who 'believed in him' and held without wavering to the perfect pattern!”

“All disease has a mental correspondence, and in order to heal the body one must first 'heal the soul'.”

“All life is vibration. Feel rich, and you attract riches. Feel successful and you become successful.”

“All power is given man (through right thinking) to bring his heaven upon his earth, and this is the goal of the game of life.”

“All that you require is already on your pathway, but you must be wide awake to your good to bring it into your manifestation.”

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

“Anger without power is folly.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Fear is only inverted faith; it is faith in evil instead of good.”

“Giving opens the way for receiving.”

“Hope looks forward. Faith knows it has already received and acts accordingly.”

“I have a wonderful business, in a wonderful way, and I give wonderful service for wonderful pay.”

“I knew a woman who went about bragging of her troubles, so, of course, she always had something to brag about.”

“I look with wonder at that which is before me.”

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

“If you do not run your subconscious mind yourself, someone else will run it for you.”

“The invisible forces are ever working for man who is always 'pulling the strings' himself, though he does not know it. Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.”

“A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ.”

“A person who is low-spirited or inharmonious will contract a cold; a happy, fearless person will be immune to germs.

For example, a woman goes out in cold weather in evening clothes – lightly clad – but is quite comfortable, for she feels she is looking well and is filled with anticipation for a happy evening.

If the same woman is dressed in an unbecoming gown or in a bad humor, she will come back complaining of a cold and discomfort and have a cough the next day. A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ.”

“Affirm: I am now immune to all hurts and frustrations. The Power within is perfect peace and perfect poise.”

“A man can change his conditions by changing his words. Any man who does not know the power of the word is behind the times.”

“Acknowledge me in all your ways and I will make plain your path. Remember – despise not the day of small things (or seemingly unimportant events).”

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

“If thou canst believe, all things are possible.”

“All suffering comes from the violation of intuition.”

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

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