“Your Word is Your Wand” focuses on the power of words in shaping our reality. It’s the sequel to Florence Scovel Shinn’s classic, “The Game of Life and How to Play It” and includes advice, stories, and a stack of subject-specific affirmations to help readers transform their fortunes. Despite its age, the concepts hold today.
The book draws from biblical and spiritual references and promotes the importance of spoken words as tools for manifesting outcomes for health, wealth, happiness, and success. A chapter is dedicated to each of those areas and many other topics such as love, forgiveness, and guidance.
The book’s central themes include gratitude, overcoming negative emotions, and Devine Design – “There is a place that you are to fill and no one else fills, something you are to do, which no one else can do.”
Like Shinn’s other works, it offers fascinating historical insights into many of the concepts that permeate modern personal development thought today.
The Best Quotes and Affirmations from Your Word is Your Want
Here’s a list of our favorite quotes and affirmations from the book, divided into the relevant themes. There’s no substitute for the real thing though and we thoroughly recommend picking up a copy for yourself!
Quotes
“Man’s word is his wand filled with magic and power!”
“Never force a picture by visualizing; let the Divine Idea flash into your conscious mind; then the student is working according to the Divine Design.”
“Fear, doubt, anxiety, anger, resentment pull down the cells of the body, shock the nervous system and are the causes of disease and disaster.”
“Happiness and health must be earned by absolute control of the emotional nature.”
“Every man has power to lift the fog in his life. It may be a fog of lack of money, love, happiness, or health”
“The thing you dislike or hate will surely come upon you, for when man hates, he makes a vivid picture in the subconscious mind and it objectifies.”
“‘Faith without works (or action) is dead.’ The student, in order to bring into manifestation the answer to his prayer must show active faith.”
“Unless man has some objective, some Promised Land to look forward to, he begins to perish.”
“The Spiritual attitude towards money is to know that God is man’s supply, and that he draws it from the abundance of the spheres, through his faith and spoken word.”
Affirmations
“I serve only faith and my unlimited abundance is made manifest.”
“The Divine Plan of my life cannot be tampered with. It is incorruptible and indestructible. It awaits only my recognition.”
“Hunches are my hounds of Heaven–they lead me in the perfect way.”
“The Columbus in you will see you through.”
“My ‘World of the Wondrous’ now swings into manifestation and I enter my Promised Land under grace!”
On Success…
Quote
“There are certain words or pictures which impress the subconscious mind. For example: A man called asking me to speak the word for his right work. I gave him the statement: ‘Behold I have set before thee the open door of destiny and no man shall shut it!’ It didn’t seem to make much impression, so I was inspired to add: ‘And no man shall shut it for it is nailed back!’”
Affirmations
“I now let go of worn-out conditions and worn-out things. Divine order is established in my mind, body, and affairs. Behold, I make all things new.”
“I am awake to my good, and gather in the harvest of endless opportunities.”
“I see clearly and act quickly, and my greatest expectations come to pass in a miraculous way.”
“I banish the past and now live in the wonderful now, where happy surprises come to me each day.”
“I am now on the royal road of Success, Happiness, and Abundance, all traffic goes my way.”
“‘There is nothing to fear for there is no power to hurt.’ I wake up to the lion on my pathway and find an angel in armor, and victory in the name of Jesus Christ.”
On Prosperity…
Quote
“Man comes into the world financed by God, with all that he desires or requires already on his pathway”
Affirmations
“Infinite spirit, open the way for my great abundance. I am an irresistible magnet for all that belongs to me by Divine Right.”
“I now draw from the abundance of the spheres my immediate and endless supply.”
“I now release the gold-mine within me. I am linked with an endless golden stream of prosperity which comes to me under grace in perfect ways.”
“All that is mine by Divine Right is now released and reaches me in great avalanches of abundance, under grace in miraculous ways.”
“We bless the two dollars and know that you have the magic purse of the Spirit; it can never be depleted; as money goes out, immediately money comes in, under grace in perfect ways.”
On Happiness…
Quotes
“There can be no happiness where there is fear, apprehension or dread. With perfect faith in God comes a feeling of security and happiness.”
“When man knows that there is an invincible power that protects him and all that he loves, and brings to him every righteous desire of the heart, he relaxes all nervous tension and is happy and satisfied.”
“Uneasy lies the head that wears a frown. Anger, resentment, ill-will, jealousy and revenge mob man of his happiness and bring sickness, failure and poverty in their wake.”
Affirmations
“I am now deluged with the happiness that was planned for me in the Beginning.”
“I have a wonderful joy in a wonderful way, and my wonderful joy has come to stay.”
“My happiness is built upon a rock. It is mine now and for all eternity.”
“I give thanks for my permanent happiness, my permanent health, my permanent wealth, my permanent love.”
On Love…
Quotes
“With love usually comes terrific fear. Nearly every woman comes into the world with a mythical woman in the back of her mind who is to rob her of her love.”
Affirmations
“As I am one with God, the Undivided One, I am one with my undivided love and undivided happiness.”
“Divine Love, through me now dissolves all seeming obstacles and makes clear, easy and successful my way.”
“I am at peace with myself and with the whole world. I love everyone, and everyone loves me.”
On Marriage…
Quotes
“Unless marriage is built upon the rock of oneness, it cannot stand; ‘Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.’”
“There is for each person his ‘other half’ or divine selection. These two are one in their thoughts worlds.”
Affirmations
“I give thanks that the marriage made in heaven is now made manifest upon earth.”
“‘The twain shall be made one’ now and for all eternity.”
On Forgiveness…
Affirmations
“I forgive everyone, and everyone forgives me. The gates swing open for my good.”
“I call on the law of forgiveness. I am free from mistakes and the consequences of mistakes.”
On Words of Wisdom…
Affirmations
“Faith without nerve is dead.”
“God works in unexpected places, through unexpected people, at unexpected times, His wonders to perform.”
“Never argue with a hunch.”
“When in doubt, play trumps; do the fearless thing.”
“Selfishness binds and blocks. Every loving and unselfish thought has in it the germ of success.”
“Do not weary make-believing. When you least expect it you shall reap.”
“Sure-ism is stronger than optimism.”
On Faith…
Quotes
“Hope looks forward, Faith knows it has already received and acts accordingly.”
“Those whom God hath joined together no thought can put asunder.”
Affirmations
“‘Hindrances are friendly’, and obstacles are springboards!”
“As the needle in the compass is true to the north, what is rightfully mine is true to me.”
“My faith is built upon a rock and my heart’s desire now comes to pass, under grace in a miraculous way.”
“I water my wilderness with faith, and suddenly it blossoms as the rose.”
“I have now the fearless faith of the Christ within. At my approach barriers vanish and obstacles disappear.”
“I give thanks that I now receive the righteous desires of my heart. Mountains are removed, valleys exalted and every crooked place made straight. I am in the kingdom of fulfillment.”
“God’s promises are built upon a rock. As I have asked I must receive.”
“My good is a perfect and permanent idea in Divine Mind. And must manifest for there is nothing to prevent.”
On Loss…
Quotes
“If man loses anything, it shows there is a belief of loss in his subconscious mind.”
“She denied loss, taking the affirmation: ‘I deny loss, there is no loss in Divine Mind, therefore I cannot lose that pencil. I will receive it or its equivalent.’”
“Man can only lose what doesn’t belong to him by Divine Right, or isn’t good enough for him.”
Affirmation
“There is no loss in Divine Mind, therefore, I cannot lose anything that is rightfully mine.”
On Debt…
Quotes
“If a man is in debt or people owe him money, it shows that a belief of debt is in his subconscious mind.”
“There is no debt in Divine Mind; therefore, I owe no man anything. All my obligations are now wiped out.”
Affirmation
“I deny debt, there is no debt in Divine Mind, no man owes me anything, all is squared. I send forth love and forgiveness.”
On Sales…
Quote
“Faith never looks out of the window at the blizzard, it simply prepares for the blessing asked for.”
Affirmation
“I give thanks that this article (or property) is now sold to the right person or persons for the right price, giving perfect satisfaction.”
On Guidance…
Quote
“Always on man’s pathway is his message or his lead.”
Affirmations
“Infinite Spirit, give me wisdom to make the most of my opportunities”
“My angel of destiny goes before me, keeping me in the Way.”
“I now place my personal will upon the altar. Your will, not my will; Your way not my way; Your time not my time–and in the twinkling of an eye it is done.”
On Protection…
Affirmation
“I walk in the Light of the Christ, and my fear giants dwindle into nothingness.”
On Divine Design…
Quotes
“There is a Divine Design for each man!”
“In the Divine Design, there is no limitation, only health, wealth, love, and perfect self-expression.”
“There is a supply for every demand.”
Affirmations
“I let go of everything not divinely designed for me, and the perfect plan of my life now comes to pass.”
“I follow the magic path of intuition and find myself in my Promised Land, under grace.”
“The Divine Design of my life now comes to pass. I now fill the place that I can fill and no one else can fill. I now do the things which I can do and no one else can do.”
On Health…
Quotes
“When man is harmonious and happy, he is healthy!”
“When man sees himself as God sees him, he will become a radiant being, timeless, birthless and deathless.”
Affirmations
“I deny fatigue, for there is nothing to tire me. I live in the Kingdom of eternal joy and absorbing interests”
“My eyes are God’s eyes, perfect and flawless. The Light of the Christ floods my eyeballs and streams on my pathway. I see clearly there are no lions on my way, only angels and endless blessings.”
“I hear clearly the voice of intuition and give instant obedience. I hear clearly glad tidings of great joy.”
“My heart is a perfect idea in Divine Mind and is now in its right place, doing its right work.”