Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

“It's about your heart and about your consciousness. It's not about length of time you pray. Some of the most powerful prayers I've ever heard come from children, who can barely speak.”

Heart Children Speak Prayer Powerful Consciousness Heard Praying Length Most Powerful Powerful Prayer

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“My father never kissed me, hugged me or told me that he loved me. As my only living parent, he became the filter through which I saw myself, the possibilities for my life, the world and all men. He was a conflicted and dark filter.”

Men World Father Parent Dark Saws Possibility Filters

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“What a blessing that God allows a life to come through your body, and then allows you to place that body in a body bag and take it out. I had to say that there's a magnificent something that God has for me to do, to give me that level of completion. That level of experience. It's unspeakable.”

Giving Body Levels Blessing Give Me Your Body Bags Magnificent Completion Unspeakable

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Whether at work, at home or in public, we have been trained to believe that who we are at the core of our being is often unacceptable. As a result, we work diligently to live up to - and sometimes down to - what others have made us out to be, whether or not it is an accurate reflection of who we are.”

Believe Has Beens Made Sometimes Home Results Reflection Core Who We Are Accurate

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“After being on 'Oprah' for a couple of months, I got my first royalty check for $1,478,392.17. I will never forget it. At the height of my career, I made $3.3 million. Unbelievable. From welfare in the projects to $3.3 million.”

Firsts Made Forget Careers Millions Months Couple Projects Checks Welfare Height Never Forget Unbelievable Royalty Forget It

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“At birth, we are like cartilage - soft, flexible tissue. By the same natural process by which cartilage becomes hard bone, the soft, tender heart of an innocent child can become hardened by the circumstances into which she is born.”

Heart Children Hard Process Born Natural Birth Circumstances Bones Innocent Flexible Tissues Hardened Tender Hearts Innocent Children

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“For most of my life, I believed that my father had broken many of my bones. They were emotional and psychological bones; things no one could see, things that caused me to limp through life clutching for and holding on to people and situations that often rendered me immobile.”

People Father Situation Emotional Broken Bones Psychological Holding On

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“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.”

Wall Projects Bounds Welfare Sooner Or Later Millionaire Frame Of Reference

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“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.”

Ideas Would Be Wanted Pay Hell Fame Preconceived Ideas

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I have a daily message, 'Stimumail,' which I use to stimulate the mind and heart. I have the opportunity to touch over 60,000 people I have never met. I also use Twitter and Facebook.”

People Mind Heart Use Opportunity Mets Messages Heart And Mind Twitter And Facebook

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had etched certain Psalms and rote prayers into the fibers of my brain. However, somewhere deep inside of me, I had the secret belief that I did not know how to pray, and that frightened me.”

Source: Every Day I Pray: Prayers for Awakening to the Grace of Inner Communion

“I realized it was happening, but most people didn't realize it was happening. I mean, because as a self-employed person, when there is a recession or a cutback in the economy, we feel it first. Because many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential.”

People Feels Firsts Mean Persons Self Realizing Economy Happenings I Realized Employed Recessions Cutbacks

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I really don't have any weaknesses. I do have areas of my life that I am working on to grow, heal and evolve. Giving myself permission to rest is an area I am working on. Not rescuing my children and grandchildren is another area.”

Giving Children Grows Weakness Areas Heal Evolve My Children Permission Grandchildren Children And Grandchildren

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I think as men begin to see things that address them, they will feel that they can relate. They can't relate to 'Basketball Wives,' 'Housewives of Atlanta.' I am not judging or criticizing those shows at all; what I am saying is the perspective is not necessarily the male perspective. 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is inclusive of everyone.”

Thinking Men Feels Shows Life Is Wife Judging Perspective Basketball Males Relate Addresses Criticize Housewife Atlanta Not Judging

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I think most people think that a spiritual path or growing spiritually means that all of a sudden you'll be able to forecast the six lotto numbers and all your bills will be paid.”

People Thinking Mean Able Spiritual Numbers Path Growing Six Paid Bills Spiritual Path Forecasts

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I was sitting on the bus, and the sign said if you're ready to better your life, come to Medgar Evers College, and I got off the bus and went to Medgar Evers College.”

Ifs Said College Ready Sitting Bus

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I wasn't ready for fame and all that brings to your life. It was an amazing experience, but so overwhelming, because no one can tell you beforehand when it will happen or how it will impact you. So no one can tell you how to handle it, being stopped everywhere you go because people saw you on 'Oprah.' It took me over, and I wasn't ready.”

People Happens Saws Ready Fame Impact Handle Overwhelming Amazing Experiences

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I've always told the truth. I think that's been part of the foundation of my career. I don't put myself above people. I don't put myself different than people. And I, for one, know that none of us is immune.”

People Thinking Knows Different Careers Foundation Immune

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“If you are a card-carrying human being, chances are that you share the same fear as all other humans: the fear of losing love, respect and connection to others. And if you are human, in order to avoid or prevent the pain, trauma and perceived devastation of the loss, you will do anything to avoid your greatest fear from being visited on you.”

Ifs Humans Pain Order Chance Human Beings Loss Share Losing Connections Trauma Cards Chances Are Devastation Greatest Fear Love Respect Losing Love

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“There is a lot of healing going on. Really! More people are vegetarians, more are in the green movement, more of us are tearing down the old paradigms and embracing same-sex marriage, single motherhood, men raising babies.”

People Men Sex Healing Movement Baby Green Motherhood Vegetarian Paradigm Single Motherhood Green Movement

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Well the beauty of 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is that men are in every show. To our surprise, some of the deepest healing demonstrations have been with the men - the sons, the fathers, the husbands - because they agree to participate with the wife or the daughter or whatever it is we are looking at, and it is there.”

Men Wells Has Beens Shows Life Is Mother Father Healing Wife Son Husband Daughter Agree Surprise Demonstration

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“What I am doing; how I am being as I am doing it; and does it bring honor to my community? What is the lesson in what I am doing? And most importantly, am I having fun?”

Doe Fun Community Honor Lessons Having Fun

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“You know, if you're a human and living on the planet, it doesn't matter what you do; you are not immune to the challenges, the trials, the difficulty. And that fact that I happen to be a coach and a minister and a spiritual teacher doesn't mean anything. I'm still human.”

Ifs Knows Humans Mean Stills Matter Facts Happens Spiritual Challenges Teacher Planets Difficulty Coaches Trials Ministers Immune Living On Spiritual Teachers

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“You've got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself.”

Inspirational Inspiration Loses Willing Gains

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“When your life is working there will be an absence of drama”

Life Is Positive Positive Thinking Drama Absence

Book:One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth

Source: One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth

“Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our minds and hearts would open and we could see another possibility.”

Ifs Needs Mind Heart Possibility Forgiveness Forgiving Heart And Mind

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children.”

Children Parent Leader Teacher Parenting Guides Protector Providers

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“A man can't be in the space where there is feminine rage and bitterness. He doesn't know how to navigate it.”

Knows Men Space Know How Parenting Rage Feminine Bitterness Navigate

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“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.”

Firsts Children Enough Faces Parent Difficult Challenges Parenting Learning To Love Difficult Challenges

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Why are you measuring? This is how you block, delay, hinder, obstruct and deny his place in the life as a father.”

Father Parenting Deny Block Delay Hinder Measuring

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“You are demonstrating to men that they can come back and get their kids. All of those fatherless sons and daddy-less daughters and the men who didn't know how to go back, you are demonstrating to the world that they can.”

Knows Men World Kids Know How He Man Son Daughter Parenting Daddy Demonstrating Fatherless

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“You never put her in your heart.”

Heart Parenting

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

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

Moments Today Parenting Like Me Over It Get Over Don't Like Me You Don't Like Me

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“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.”

Knows Order Parenting

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“We think we have to do something to be grateful or something has to be done in order for us to be grateful, when gratitude is a state of being.”

Thinking States Done Order Gratitude Grateful Be Grateful Thank You

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I'm okay, you're okay. Now let's go to work.”

Community Society Okay

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.”

Thinking Believe Self Happens Levels Self Esteem Draws Reflection Self Worth Esteem About Yourself My Self Worth Great Self Esteem Help Self Esteem

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“We set the standard of how we want to be treated. Our relationships are reflections of the relationships we have with ourselves.”

Thinking Want Positive Thinking Standards Reflection Treated Our Relationship

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“You are not being tested! You are being fortified! Remember, you cannot fail!”

Remember Failing Strength Tested Remember You Remembers You

Book:One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth

Source: One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth

“When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.”

Way Inspirational Stories Share Theatre Heal Hard Times Being Yourself Empowering

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Forgive yourself for believing that youre anything less than beautiful.”

Believe Beautiful Anxiety Forgiving Forgive Yourself

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“It's time for you to move, realizing that the thing you are seeking is also seeking you.”

Happiness Moving Success Fear Realizing Perseverance Seeking

Book:Acts Of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Colour

Source: Acts Of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Colour

“Your divine mate already exists. When you get to the place in yourself that is peaceful divine love, your true mate will be revealed.”

Love Love You Divine Peaceful Mates Soulmate Divine Love

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Everything God does is purposeful. And since God is in each of us, each of us has a purpose.”

Doe Purpose Motivation

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“If someone has offended you, insulted you, or disappointed you, let it go! If you are remembering all the ways you have been hurt or forgotten, let it go! Ask yourself, what good does it do for me to hold on to this?”

Ifs Way Doe Has Beens Remember Asks Hurt Letting Go Forgotten Disappointed Offended Let It Go Insulted Been Hurt Offended You

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Just for today, allow yourself to embrace all that you are every moment. Know that you are a vessel of light. Allow yourself to release all doubts about your ability, the mistakes of the past, the fear of the future.”

Knows Moments Light Today Past Ability Mistake Doubt Letting Go Embrace Release Vessel Fear Of The Future Just For Today

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Change doesn't have to be hard, and healing doesn't have to hurt. Surely by now you know that every thing happens for a reason! There is something better awaiting you on the other side of this.”

Knows Hard Reason Happens Sides Hurt Healing Letting Go Things Happen Something Better Happens For A Reason

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on.”

Ifs Motivational Faces Grows Challenges Willing Letting Go Prepared Handle Happy Life Be Prepared Making Changes

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I have a body, but I am not my body. I have a face, but I am not my face.”

Body Faces Inspiring Journey

Book:Don't Give It Away!: A Workbook of Self-Awareness and Self-Affirmations for Young Women

Source: Don't Give It Away!: A Workbook of Self-Awareness and Self-Affirmations for Young Women

“When you need to be loved, you take love wherever you can find it. When you are desperate to be loved, feel love, know love, you seek out what you think love should look like. When you find love, or what you think love is, you will lie, kill, and steal to keep it. But learning about real love comes from within. It cannot be given. It cannot be taken away. It grows from your ability to re-create within yourself, the essence of loving experiences you have had in your life.”

Thinking Knows Needs Feels Should Looks Real Lying Given Grows Ability Love Is Taken Love You Essence Stealing Desperate Real Love Finding Love Loving Life

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

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