Top 25 Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

Florence Scovel Shinn was an American artist and book illustrator who became a New Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her middle years. In New Thought circles, Shinn is best known for her first book, The Game of Life and How to Play It. Following are the best Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes.

1. “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.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

2. “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

3. “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

4. “Prayer is telephoning to God, and intuition is God telephoning to you.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

5. “You combine with what you vibrate to, so let us all now vibrate to success, happiness and abundance.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

6. “Your word is your wand. The words you speak create your own destiny.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

7. “The subconscious mind has no sense of humour and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

8. “Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

9. “Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

10. “Words and thoughts are a tremendous vibratory force, ever moulding man’s body and affairs.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

11. “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

12. “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.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

13. “A person with an imaging faculty trained to image only good brings into his life every righteous desire of his heart.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

14. “So long as man resists a situation, he will have it with him. If he runs away from it, it will run after him.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

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

16. “When a man can wish without worrying, every desire will be instantly fulfilled.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

17. “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

18. “No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

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

20. “The metaphysician knows that all disease has a mental correspondence, and in order to heal the body one must first heal the soul.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

21. “Visualizing is a mental process governed by the reasoning or conscious mind; visioning is a spiritual process, governed by intuition, or the superconscious mind.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

22. “Man must live suspended in the moment.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn

23. “We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.”
– Florence Scovel Shinn