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“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

“You can control any situation if you first control yourself.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“There is an old saying: "No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.”
― Florence Scovel

“Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It

“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 Game of Life and How To Play It

“Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It

“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, The Game of Life and How to Play It

“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, The Game of Life and How to Play It

“Bills should be paid cheerfully, all money should be sent forth fearlessly and with a blessing.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How to Play it : Classic Collection

“Make an affirmation immediately upon waking. For example: "Thy will be done this day! Today is a day of completion, I give thanks for this perfect day, miracle shall follow miracle and wonders shall never cease." Make this a habit, and one will see wonders and miracles come into his life.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It

“YOUR WORD IS YOUR WAND. THE WORDS YOU SPEAK CREATE YOUR OWN DESTINY”
― Florence Scovel-Shinn, THE WRITINGS OF FLORENCE SCOVEL SHINN: (Includes The Shinn Biography) The Game of Life/ Your Word Is Your Wand/ The Power of the Spoken Word/ The Secret Door to Success

“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, Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn

“Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you. (Mat. 7:7).”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“Infinite Spirit open the way for great abundance for — —. She is an irresistible magnet for all that belongs to her by divine right.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life And How To Play It

“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, The Secret Door to Success

“I cast this burden of resentment on the Christ within, and I go free, to be loving, harmonious and happy.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It

“What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“fear must be erased from the consciousness.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

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

“If you do not run your subconscious mind yourself, someone else will run it for you.”
― 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, The Power of the Spoken Word

“Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“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!”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“I told her God was her supply, and that there is a supply for every demand.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“So we see, to play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“We should have signs in the subways and shops “Watch your thoughts!” “Watch your words!”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Collected Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn: The Game of Life and How to Play It; Your Word Is Your Wand; The Secret Door to Success; The Power of the Spoken Word

“Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“act as if”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“There is no there---there is only here.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn