Iyanla Vanzant Quotes
What looks like a failure teaches us what not to do, what does not work. We have lessons to learn from our experiences.
From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.
Authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy.
If you don't enjoy your life, sorrow, sadness, suffering, fear, shame and guilt will.
We voluntary participate in things that we know are causing us harm because we believe we're powerless to do anything about it.
You are the only one who can do it like you do it. You are the best. You have what it takes. You have the power. When you put your mind to something, you get it done. So what are you waiting for?
I came from nothing. I came from the projects and welfare and ended up a millionaire with no frame of reference. I was bound to hit a wall sooner or later.
If you want to be at peace, you have to be clear about your intetion and - moment by moment - in alignment with your intention
Until you make peace with your difficult memories, that pain will continue to bleed into your current and future experiences.
When we want to move beyond the pain, when we want to feel better, when we are ready to move beyond where we are, emotionally and spiritually, we must forgive.
Our beliefs are what create our experiences. As we change our beliefs, we alter our perception, our version of reality.
Once we become aware of our issues and challenges, we become accountable to do something about it.
Be willing to share all of who you are. So many of us want a partner, but we're not willing to show all of us.
Had I not spent so much time doing something that made me so miserable, I would have never learned how to appreciate doing what brings me joy.
If you want peace, be peace. If you want wealth, be wealth. Think it. Talk it. Prepare yourself to have it. Have faith enough to seek guidance and authority from within.
In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us.
You are never angry for the reason you think you are. There's an older hurt under that.
Oprah Winfrey gives you the stage? Shut your mouth. I said, 'I'm sorry for taking over your show.' She said, 'No, that's why we have you here.'
When you enter a new experience, all that requires healing rushes to the surface . . . You have to pause.
The thing I always tell my audiences all the time is that I'm just two steps ahead of you on a good day. And I might be two steps behind you on a bad day.
We have a tendency to always test people's love. 'I want to see how badly I have to behave before you'll leave me. Because I don't really think you want me anyhow.'
Acknowledgemen t of what you feel, what you know, what you need is the first step toward healing.
Don't hold yourself back because you're afraid or because you've been hurt...acknowle dge your fear, accept it, and walk through it with confidence.
I had to get really clear about what was meaningful & what wasn't, who I was & who I wasn't & who I wasn't going to be anymore.
If you don't like your sister or don't get along with your father, let's find out if you like yourself. Let's not sugarcoat anything about it.
I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed.