Florence Scovel Shinn

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

“Fear is faith in evil. Fear is the only enemy.”

“When man can wish his enemy well, he is divine.”

“Giving opens the way for receiving.”

“You must live in the present and enjoy the present.”

“The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.”

“Nothing on earth can resist an absolutely non-resistant person.”

“No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.”

“Infinite Spirit, open the way for my great abundance. I am an irresistible magnet for all that belongs to me by Divine Right.”

“Imagination is the scissors of the mind.”

“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.”

“There is a place that you are to fill and no one else can fill, something you are to do, which no one else can do.”

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

“Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you.”

“Man's word is his wand filled with magic and power!”

“What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.”

“The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.”

“Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.”

“When you have a hunch, you must act on it immediately.”