Florence Scovel Shinn was an American Artist and book illustrator who, in her middle years, transitioned into a New Thought spiritual teacher and author. Florence Scovel Shinn was born on September 24, 1871, in Camden, New Jersey, and died on October 17, 1940. Most people outside of the New Thought spiritual teachings are familiar with Shinn’s first book, The Game of Life and How to Play It (1925).
63 Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes
- “Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.”
2. “You can control any situation if you first control yourself.”
3. “Unexpected doors fly open, unexpected channels are free.”
4. “Fear must be erased from the consciousness.”
5. “No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.”
6. “Nothing stands between man and his highest ideals and every desire of his heart, but doubt and fear.”
7. “Wisdom’s ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.”
8. “There is an old saying: “No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.”
9. “Bills should be paid cheerfully, all money should be sent forth fearlessly and with a blessing.”
10. “I have a wonderful work, in a wonderful way, I give wonderful service, for wonderful pay!”
11. “When you are undisturbed by a situation it falls away of its own weight.”
12. “Your point of power is in the present.”
13. “Make an affirmation immediately upon waking.”
14. “Never do today what intuition says to do tomorrow.”
15. “So we see, to play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty.”
Famous Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes
16. “Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.”
17. “God’s promises are built upon a rock. As I have asked I must receive.”
18. “The superconscious mind is the God Mind within each man, and is the realm of perfect ideas.”
19. “Every man is a golden link in the chain of my good,”
20. “I have a wonderful business, in a wonderful way, and I give wonderful service for wonderful pay.”
21. “A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ.”
22. “Man can change his conditions by changing his words.”
23. “Infinite Spirit, open the way for this woman’s right position.”
24. “I am always under direct inspiration; I make right decisions, quickly.”
25. “Giving opens the way for receiving. In order to create activity in finances, one should give.”
26. “Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.”
27. “Jesus Christ taught that it was a great game of Giving and Receiving.”
28. “Gratitude is the law of increase, and complaint is the law of decrease.”
29. “Do not neglect the day of small things, for little beginnings have big endings”
30. “I cast this burden of resentment on the Christ within, and I go free, to be loving, harmonious and happy.”
Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes About Life
31. “I desire only that which God desires for me,”
32. “The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.”
33. “Infinite Spirit, open the way”
34. “I let go of everything not divinely designed for me, and the perfect plan of my life now comes to pass.”
35. “All suffering comes from the violation of intuition.”
36. “We must stop planning, plotting and scheming, and let Infinite Intelligence solve the problem in its own way.”
37. “The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.”
38. “All things are possible here and now. I now attain the seemingly unattainable.”
39. “Fear is only inverted faith; it is faith in evil instead of good.”
40. “When man can wish away worrying, every desire will be instantly fulfilled.”
41. “She is an irresistible magnet for all that belongs to her by divine right.”
42. “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.”
43. “There are three departments of the mind, the subconscious, conscious and superconscious.”
44. “All suffering comes from the violation of intuition”
45. “I do not resist this situation. I put it in the hands of Infinite Love and Wisdom. Let the Divine idea now come to pass.”
45. “Rejection is protection.”
Mind-Provoking Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes
46. “Before you call you are answered, for the supply precedes the demand.”
47. “No man gives to himself, but himself and no man takes away from himself, but himself.”
48. “Now is the appointed time. Today is the day of my amazing good fortune.”
49. “Intuition means, intuition, or to be taught from within. It is man’s unerring guide,”
50. “The sun now comes out in my mind and body, and I see clearly the fufillment of my heart’s desire.”
51. “By your words ye are justified and by your words ye are condemned.”
52. “Spiritual development means the ability to stand still, or stand aside, and let Infinite Intelligence lift your burdens and fight your battles.”
53. “Now is the appointed time. Today is the day of amazing prosperity.”
54. “What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.”
55. “When you send out real love, real love will return to you.”
56. “A person with an imaging faculty trained to image only good brings into his life every righteous desire of his heart.”
57. “Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.”
Positive Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes
58. “I desire the Divine ideas only to come to pass, under grace and in perfect ways.”
59. “Today is the day of my amazing good fortune.”
60. “Man must live suspended in the moment.”
61. “There are no lost opportunities in Divine Mind, as one door shuts another door is opened.”
62. “If you do not run your subconscious mind yourself, someone else will run it for you.”
63. “If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for.”
Additional Read: Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Florence Scovel Shinn