Iyanla Vanzant
“When you don’t show up as who you are, people fall in love with who you’re not. Then when they find out who you are, that’s when they leave.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Acceptance means that you know, regardless of what happened, that there is something bigger than you at work.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“If you are really paying attention and really ready to heal, the day will come when you recognize that forgiveness is the only way back to the center of your innocence.”
― Iyanla-Vanzant
“It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn’t mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance or a struggle for control.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“I have learned the hard way to mind my business.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Let it go.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people. But until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Breathing deeply and releasing fear will help you get to where you want to be.”
― Iyanla-Vanzant
“You’ve got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Stay in your lane, on your road, and in your world.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“If what you are thinking doesn’t make you feel good, change that thought. Bad cannot bother you unless you are available.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“At your worst point, the quickest way to move through it is to be a contribution as opposed to focusing on your problems. Do something meaningful, it helps you work through it.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“You’ve got to say no to the things that don’t honour you. No to the things that don’t bring you joy. And you don’t have to explain your no.”
― Iyanla-Vanzant
“Begin within.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“No more cant’s and no more whining. No whining. Not only does whining create cooties and toxicity in your energy, it convinces your subconscious mind that what you say is true because you want to believe what you say.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Be clear. Be authentic. Have boundaries. Check your vision. Do what matters to you. And know what you value.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Comparison is an act of violence against the self.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“The best students get the hardest tests.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Plan your hours to be productive. Your weeks to be educational. Your years to be purposeful. Your life to be an experience of growth. To change. And to grow.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.”
― Iyanla-Vanzant
“Make peace with the past.”
― Iyanla-Vanzant
Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“I’m committed to starting over.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“This morning you woke up. Did you give thanks? Be thankful.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.”
― Iyanla-Vanzant
“Stop trying to squeeze yourself into things that don’t fit you.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth, and happiness.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“Change doesn’t have to be hard, and healing doesn’t have to hurt. Surely by now you know that everything happens for a reason. There is something better awaiting you on the other side of this.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“The way you get more is by having a daily spiritual practice.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“The truth will set you free.”
― Iyanla Vanzant