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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations

“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.”
― Wendell Berry

“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

“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

“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

“You can control any situation if you first control yourself.”
― 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

“Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.”
― 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

“Do not neglect the day of small things, for little beginnings have big endings”
― 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, The Secret Door to Success

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.

—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
― Albert Einstein

“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 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

“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

“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 harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Magic Path of Intuition

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment”
― Jim Rohn

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

“Either you run the day or the day runs you..”
― Jim Rohn

“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”
― Jim Rohn

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planed for you? Not much.”
― Jim Rohn

“Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs”
― Jim Rohn