Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

There are going to be moments today you don't like me. You'll get over it.

Everyone has a purpose because God is a purposeful God.

All things are lessons that God would have us learn.

Transformation doesn't have to be deep, dark and mysterious. If you screw up, fine - laugh at yourself, learn and move on.

So many of us invest a fortune making ourselves look good to the world, yet inside we are falling apart. It's time to invest on the inside.

Remain open. There is something bigger than you know going on here.

I now know that nothing in my life will change until I change the way I see my life and myself.

Love is durable. It's like Teflon. ...Trust is like fine china. Secrets destroy trust.

Forgiveness is not about the other person or what they did. Forgiveness is for YOU and about YOU.

People you don't love can't hurt you.

You are always being prepared for something better or protected from something worse.

No matter how painful your past has been, you have made it through.

The beloved is one who nurtures you, trusts you, supports you, encourages you, loves you without conditions. That's you.

I am not my sister's keeper. I am my sister.

The way you get more is by having a daily spiritual practice.

Till your mental soil with determination. Fertilize your emotional soil with positive words. And plant the seed of your heart's desire with your disciplined efforts.

If you don't have a test, you won't be able to have a testimony.

Choice is our point of power.

As you learn to TRUST YOURSELF something miraculous happens. You begin to TRUST THE PROCESS you are living and the miracles life brings!

Most of us have just learned to exercise our survival muscle. It's time to build our victory muscle.

Religion is the rules, regulations, ceremonies and rituals developed by man to create conformity and uniformity in the approach to God. Spirituality is God's call in your soul.

You cannot get to where you are going until you have learned all there is to learn about where you are.

As we learn to see each other through our spiritual eyes, the physical differences will cease to matter.

Sometimes on the journey, you step in dog poop. But you don't let the whole journey be about the fact that your shoe got poop on it.

WE [black women] HAVE ADAPTED TO A SOCIETY THAT DOES'NT HONOR US.

Each of us was born to fulfill a divine purpose. As we open our hearts and minds to a new way of being, the purpose of our lives unfolds organically.

What is it that would make a creature as fierce, majestic and powerful as a lion is, subject itself to the intimidation of a man a whip and a chair? The lion has been taught to forget what it is.

I don't think there's such a thing as a selfish prayer. Prayer puts you in communication so you can talk about whatever you want to talk about.

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility.

To me, freedom means having the power, the inherent right, the capacity and the ability to make choices that honour who I am.

Once you get clear on who you are, what you do, and what you have been CALLED to do, you become powerful.

This is probably one of the most difficult challenges any parent could face - learning to love the other parent enough to make the children first.

Anger simply means that your personal power - your personal space, your personal sense of being - has been violated

I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Lived it and I'm still here to talk about it and help someone else if I can.

I don't think anybody can be held accountable or responsible for anyone's behaviors expect the individual. This goes beyond that particular situation.

Plan your hours to be productive...Plan your weeks to be educational...Plan your years to be purposeful. Plan your life to be an experience of growth. Plan to change. Plan to grow.

Do what brings you joy, and your purpose will unfold.

Stay in your car in your lane on your road in your world. Stay in your own lane. Don't be minding other people's spiritual business. Stay in your car. In your lane. On your road. In your world.

When anyone makes comments that are offensive to you, would you be willing to do the teaching?

Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.

Talk about your negative experiences with the father, with your girlfriends. Not with your children. And bite your tongue when it comes to diminishing, denying, dismissing, name-calling.

We are distracted from our greatness because are greatness is what scares us. Right where you are…God is.

When I say to you, sister-woman, 'You out of order', that isn't an attack on you. I know what I'm looking at. I'm looking at your life, and I see what's there.

When Oprah Winfrey tells you that you need to have your own show, you feel compelled to do it. Especially if she's gonna pay for it!

Faith without challenge is nothing.

When you have something to do life will not allow you to ove foward until you do it.

I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace.

I now realize that just because you can take a punch does not mean you must stand in front of a fist, particularly not when the fist is your own.

You're demonstrating a courage that most people can't even fathom: giving it all away in order to have yourself